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[SiC]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Bugger, is I think the correct word. Rick said bloody hell. Anyone interested a a slightly broken w124?

That could have been a very broken human if that jack let go. 🤨

[cort1977]

7 minutes ago, SiC said:

That could have been a very broken human if that jack let go. 🤨

I'm glad you said it, my first thought as well.  

[SiC]

8 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

It's been put on a generic 640CCA battery that hasn't been used since 2018. If the CTEK can restore that to some sort of stability, I'll be impressed!

Miniaturisation means it's a fraction of the size of the conventional Halfrauds 11A charger that I've had since the 1990s.

Last LED comes on after a week iirc. Basically dropping the charge voltage right down at that point and on full maintenance mode. 

I have found to restore batteries, it can be helpful to leave them charging at the lowest charge current. Most chargers it's around 0.8A and usually the motorbike battery setting. 

[richardmorris]

Just now, SiC said:

That could have been a very broken human if that jack let go. 🤨

I know - I mentioned it ( as it came up in this week’s zoom meeting).  I wouldn’t get under the car to look.

[SiC]

Just now, cort1977 said:

I'm glad you said it, my first thought as well.  

Not least looking under a car that is rotten. The metal sill body work it's jacked under could easily have let go. 

[richardmorris]

Just now, SiC said:

Not least looking under a car that is rotten. The metal sill body work it's jacked under could easily have let go. 

That was all welded when I bought the car. He did the welding! Body is fine rust ways, it’s the suspension that’s collapsing.  Same as my last CX. 

Offering advice to people in these situations is never that well received.

[Spurious]

1 minute ago, SiC said:

Not least looking under a car that is rotten. The metal sill body work it's jacked under could easily have let go. 

fuck me I'm paranoid if I've got a jack, stands and the tyre underneath the car. 

Hate getting under cars on my driveways. 

[Spurious]

I remember on one of the LR FB groups that an owner looked for advise on a suspension change and then deleted the post for the abuse he was rightly getting, I save the photo. Because this is not only a trolley jack supporting the nearside but a bottle jack lifting the body off the chassis 

[Six-cylinder]

7 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Tempting! I’ve just been looking on autotrader,  but I don’t really know what I would replace it with modern (ish) wise. I like the new Alfa Guilia, DS 4, 5 and that’s about it. CCbenz has a nice 320estate at a not excessive £6500.

If you can fetch it you can borrow the CLK.

Guilia is nice but there is the Quadrifoglio!

DS 4 or 5 are cars of the moment, fine if you are going to trade them in in 3 years but the potential for horrendous bills after the warrantee has expired. The depreciation will also be horrendous. Just not special cars for all the money they are going to cost.

Is the 320 a W124? Your MB got rusty after 15/20 years and a more modern ones can manage it a lot quicker. 

 

[SiC]

13 minutes ago, Spurious said:

I remember on one of the LR FB groups that an owner looked for advise on a suspension change and then deleted the post for the abuse he was rightly getting, I save the photo. Because this is not only a trolley jack supporting the nearside but a bottle jack lifting the body off the chassis 

CYA!

[SiC]

2500 pages! 

This is the 75000th post in this thread:

fuck me I'm paranoid if I've got a jack, stands and the tyre underneath the car. 
Hate getting under cars on my driveways. 

[red5]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Bugger, is I think the correct word. Rick said bloody hell. Anyone interested a a slightly broken w124?

Get out. Get an axle stand. 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

51 minutes ago, Spurious said:

fuck me I'm paranoid if I've got a jack, stands and the tyre underneath the car. 

Hate getting under cars on my driveways. 

I think I just hate getting under cars...

[dome]

Facebook memories threw up my fleet from 11 years ago today-especialy apt due to w124 posts above.

 

 

Funnily enough I sold this on as the rear subframe mounts looked very crusty. 300d for maximum veg oil goodness. Loved that car.

The e34 M5 was an absolute monster too. 

The Mondeo Si in the background wasn't a bad old tub either.

I didn't even know this place existed then. Did it exist then?

 

 

 

 

[stuboy]

11 hours ago, dome said:

I didn't even know this place existed then. Did it exist then?

 

think so as i been here 10 years.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

If you can fetch it you can borrow the CLK.

Guilia is nice but there is the Quadrifoglio!

DS 4 or 5 are cars of the moment, fine if you are going to trade them in in 3 years but the potential for horrendous bills after the warrantee has expired. The depreciation will also be horrendous. Just not special cars for all the money they are going to cost.

Is the 320 a W124? Your MB got rusty after 15/20 years and a more modern ones can manage it a lot quicker. 

 

Thanks again, it’s under consideration. The ccbenz is a w124 320 in the same colour and grey leather, don’t really like modern Mercedes. It’s all a bit too soon to do anything drastic, so will use the 2cv until I hear what the parts supply is like.

[GeorgeB]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

That could have been a very broken human if that jack let go. 🤨

Even if the jack "let go" there is plenty of clearance where he is lying.

Bloody elves gone mad. 

[Split_Pin]

33 minutes ago, dome said:

Facebook memories threw up my fleet from 11 years ago today-especialy apt due to w124 posts above.

 

 

Funnily enough I sold this on as the rear subframe mounts looked very crusty. 300d for maximum veg oil goodness. Loved that car.

The e34 M5 was an absolute monster too. 

The Mondeo Si in the background wasn't a bad old tub either.

I didn't even know this place existed then. Did it exist then?

 

 

 

 

December 2005 I think. I joined in April 2008.

[SiC]

1 minute ago, GeorgeB said:

Even if the jack "let go" there is plenty of clearance where he is lying.

Bloody elves gone mad. 

The car isn't on solid struts. It falling from a sudden hydraulic failure would cause the springs to compress thus reducing the clearance more that when static without a jack. 

[red5]

8 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Even if the jack "let go" there is plenty of clearance where he is lying.

Bloody elves gone mad. 

Yeah, 30 years in the trade and not dead.  Utter drivel chap, 

[GeorgeB]

13 minutes ago, SiC said:

The car isn't on solid struts. It falling from a sudden hydraulic failure would cause the springs to compress thus reducing the clearance more that when static without a jack. 

There is still plenty of clearance. 

 

[SiC]

3 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

There is still plenty of clearance. 

 

Why was the car jacked up then, if there was already clearance to get underneath?

[GeorgeB]

14 minutes ago, red5 said:

Yeah, 30 years in the trade and not dead.  Utter drivel chap, 

Not sure what you mean?

If that car fell off the jack with him lying where he is then it might just about hit his shoulder and push him flat on his back.

The chances of any major injury are negligible.

It's called risk assessment "in the  trade".

[GeorgeB]

3 minutes ago, SiC said:

Why was the car jacked up then, if there was already clearance to get underneath?

To make it easier to get access.

[SiC]

I highly doubt there is enough clearance for his head, let alone body if the hydros blew internally. You've not backed up any measurements to say there is room there Ben. Then on top of that it'll drop lower as half a tonne of vehicle falls down. Best case it would be a mushed face or cracked skull. Most likely mushed brain. 

[GeorgeB]

1 minute ago, SiC said:

I highly doubt there is enough clearance for his head, let alone body if the hydros blew internally. Then it'll drop lower as half a tonne of vehicle falls down. Best case it would be a mushed face or cracked skull. Most likely mushed brain. 

I'd agree with you if he had his head under the diff or something.

The picture shows that there is no risk of injury.

[Jazoli]

2 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

To make it easier to get access.

If you are that confident let's find a landy and put you underneath it and push it off the jack, seems reasonable to me.

My neighbour died last year, his jack failed whilst he was working on his defender, he was under there 3 hours before his 8 year old child found him, anyone working under an unpropped car needs their fucking head looking at.

[GeorgeB]

Just now, Jazoli said:

If you are that confident let's find a landy and put you underneath it and push it off the jack, seems reasonable to me.

My neighbour died last year, his jack failed whilst he was working on his defender, he was under there 3 hours before his 8 year old child found him, anyone working under an unpropped car needs their fucking head looking at.

Was he under the very back of the "landy" with all the wheels on?

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Spurious said:

fuck me I'm paranoid if I've got a jack, stands and the tyre underneath the car. 

Hate getting under cars on my driveways. 

I don't trust axle stands alone. I slide my ramps under the sills so if the axle stands fail, the ramps take the weight.  Takes me ages to do any work. 

[cort1977]

Well let's not fall out about it.

Surely we can all agree it's generally good practice to support a car after jacking it?  Just a quick look without getting your head under it might be all right, difficult to tell from the angle of that particular photo.

I don't always support a car after jacking for example working on the brakes but if any part of my body is going under the car it makes me nervous and I get the stands out.