Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:39:17 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday Question
Comments: To: Andrew Philbrick <herrschildkrote@GMAIL.COM>
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  Buy or make a large, low sheetmetal "pan" and/or a large oil drip mat (it has plastic backing and an absorbant carpet-like thin material for drips.
  Those interlocking padded mats won't work well with a wheeled floorjack, nor will they hold oil from reaching the floor.  It's likely to travel thru the cracks.

Mike B.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andrew Philbrick 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:33 PM
  Subject: Friday Question


  Happy Friday all.

  Just a quick question I have been pondering these last two weeks.  I
  just moved into a new place I'm renting that has a nice driveway and two
  car garage.  One of the rules of the landlords is that they do not want
  any oil stains on the garage floor so they say "no motor work."  I am
  planning on putting the EJ22 motor into my '86 Westy this winter and
  would still like to have the ability to work on our four other VWs.

  So my question for you - Does anyone have experience with a good method
  of keeping the oil/fluids off of the floor?  I was looking at the foam
  interlocking pads today but I doubt using a jack on those pads would be
  a good idea.

  Thanks and feel free to pmail me,
  Andrew