yeah he's crazy!  but any of us who work on our own vans have probably done
dummer things, i know i have, i should be dead or horribly crippled by now
jason

>From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Dont do this at home ( I didnt)
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:50:02 -0400
>
>I'm sorry please don't take offense but...ARE YOU CRAZY?!
>
>I don't even trust those things when I have to change a tire. You're a
>brave
>brave man.
>
>
>On 9/7/06, Jens Jakob Andersen <jayjay@zorck.dk> wrote:
>>
>>Dont do this at home (I didnt do it at home, it did it at family-in-law).
>>
>>Took the engine down on 2 wooden pallets.
>>
>>Realized that I had a problem,had to rise van high.
>>
>>So in with some slabs of concrete, build some plateaus for the jacks,
>>and use 2 standard VW jacks to rise the van high.
>>
>>IT went well, pulled the engine+gearbox out.
>>
>>Then when I lowered the van, I lowered it too much in one side (5-10
>>cm or so), and went to the other side.
>>
>>When I startede lowering there, it creaked and cracked, fell down in
>>one side - we used the tractor to lower the car fully.
>>
>>The spindle in the jack that had held the weight had just snapped....
>>
>>Dont do this at home....
>>http://www.zorck.dk/Caravelle/vwdont.jpg
>>
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>--
>Thanks,
>
>Jeff
>86'
>85' GL (sidelined and donating organs to the 86')