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I cut through the center of the pallet, lifted the back up onto jacks and put the wheels on the lift and then lifted the front and removed the pallet. After that I just put the ramps I had bought under those wheels and lowered them onto the ramps, then lowered the front onto the rubber jack pads that came with the lift. The part that you use to move the lift around lifted that side high enough to remove the rubber jack pads and it just rolled off.
Getting it moved to another house would be rather traumatic... the engine hoist suggestion sounds like a good idea.
Appalling, almost non-existent instructions for setting it up. The 400V plug was a 5-pin but my garage has a 4-pin. There are only 4 wires for the motor so it should be fine with a 4-pin plug and I'll pop one on later (there's no neutral). All the wires to the controller seem to be numbered so that looks easy, although two of them say '4' when one of those should say '14' as far as I can tell.
I'll give it a go later but it looks straightforward.
When I built a 2nd garage at the end of our land, I was worried how I would move the scissor lift to its new location. The 5 builders I had on site just looked at the scissor lift, without saying anything, just picked it up and walked it down the driveway 40 metres to the garage! Job done.
So I connected everything up and pressed the button to raise the lift and it pumped a load of oil out of an empty hole at the bottom of the motor. There is one hole that the hose connects to and at the other end is an empty hole with a screw thread inside it. I reversed polarity to make the motor pump the other way but it is not drawing any oil.
The hose has an L connector at one end and is straight at the other end. I have the L connector at the pump end.
Is it possible that the pump was emptied and now needs to be primed? Any ideas?
Looks great. You won’t regret it. I look forward to working on my car when it’s easy to access.
Thanks, I'm pleased with it and surprised how quick it goes up.
I'd like to get rid of that very slight leak...
The front is a bit lower than the back or I would be able to fit blocks under the jack pads I have that fit the car. I might look at getting something under the front wheels to just lift it a bit higher - it only needs a few mm. It's not entirely necessary but would allow a bit more room to get to that bolt for oil changes.
Should the handbrake be off when it's up in the air? When I drop the car down it seems to creep forward ever so slightly.
I have that problem of the front lower on my 964.
I just shaved down my rubber blocks to fit.
the setup looks great, good looking following you got there. You’re going to love having a lift, you
will look for excuses to work on the car now.
That's a good idea about the blocks.
I love how easily it goes up - it's going to make it so much easier to work on the car and it will take next to no time to get it up in the air. I can try to fit that Sleepers SSK now.
I'm very glad I went for this instead of a QuickJack, and especially considering the prices they are going for now.
Thanks, I'm pleased with it and surprised how quick it goes up.
I'd like to get rid of that very slight leak...
The front is a bit lower than the back or I would be able to fit blocks under the jack pads I have that fit the car. I might look at getting something under the front wheels to just lift it a bit higher - it only needs a few mm. It's not entirely necessary but would allow a bit more room to get to that bolt for oil changes.
Should the handbrake be off when it's up in the air? When I drop the car down it seems to creep forward ever so slightly.
I leave the handbrake off when it’s in the air. The car shouldn’t roll far when lowered. The main problem I have is the rear tyres tucking under when lifted and then trying to force the ramp sideways when lowered. I think your system there would cope as the wheel ramps are not connected.
I leave the handbrake off when it’s in the air. The car shouldn’t roll far when lowered. The main problem I have is the rear tyres tucking under when lifted and then trying to force the ramp sideways when lowered. I think your system there would cope as the wheel ramps are not connected.
same with the handbrake and same with the tires pushing things to the outside.
with my setup it pushes my ramps sideways. So I bolted the ramps down.
I also have the lift bolted to the concrete.
Which end of the missing fitting went into the lift?
The picture is a bit fuzzy but it looks like the RH end is an ORB and requires an O-ring in order to seal against the machined flat surface on your lift.
03-11-2022, 05:06 AM
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