Date:         Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:47:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake Pedal Pulse Questions
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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Ramps are always inherantly dangerous.
My father would be dead if I did not remember to go out the garage, on
time,  and tell him it was time to stop car work and go to his job ....
   Smashed between a creeper and the bottom of the car,
yelling for 45 minutes...no once could hear him........passing out.
Another half hour he might have been dead..or brain damaged or whatever.

they are inheritantly  dangerous.
they save one step , jacking up the car ..
totally not worth it IMO.

scott


On 8/22/2012 12:26 PM, neil n wrote:
> Thanks David.
>
> For a future fuel tank reseal, I'd considered making ramps so I could back
> the van onto them (rear of van facing downhill) and get the front end up,
> but didn't take the ramp idea any further.
>
> Are you suggesting one ramp per vehicle corner, each providing room and
> level surface for a jack and jack stand?
>
> Like this?  image:
> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zCqGzE1KbmI/UDUyJPKF0WI/AAAAAAAAF_U/cBj1mBmkZ-Q/s800/ramp.jpg
>
> For what I need, 2 ramps should suffice for now. (work on one end of
> vehicle at a time)
>
>
> Neil.
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:22 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:
>
>> At 02:09 AM 8/22/2012, neil n wrote:
>>
>>> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable
>>> raising the rear up on jack stands. I'm OK with raising one front corner
>>> at
>>> a time to do the upper control arm bushings.
>>>
>> If the slope's within reason, build four inverted ramps that match the
>> slope; have all weight-bearing points  on a level surface.  That will take
>> away all the horizontal components of your load vectors on both van and
>> stands, and give you a setup that's just as stable as it would be on the
>> flat.
>>
>> Yrs,
>> d
>>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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