I know!

 It was a scene from the forthcoming VanagonList Training Manual; from the
'Don't try this at home' section

On 9/8/06, Jens Jakob Andersen <jayjay@zorck.dk> wrote:
>
> Yes, that is another nono - concrete blocks can shatter any moment.
>
> /JJ
> At 16:03 08-09-2006, John Rodgers wrote:
> >I would NEVER EVER put a van or other vehicle up on blocks like
> >that. Wooden blocks, yes; concrete blocks never!! Concrete blocks -
> >or even stone for that matter - are extremely brittle and therefore
> >subject to sudden failure, allowing a load to shift suddenly. Bad
> >news.  And never work under a vehicle on a car jack either.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >John Rodgers
> >88 GL Driver
> >
> >Jens Jakob Andersen 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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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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