Oil / Fluid extractors

[47p2]

Those beams look as if they would act as good physical stops

I really don't wish to find out

 

[teabag]

No limit switch, just keep a keen eye on it when raising it.
Once the trusses are cut I will fit a switch into the system, similar to the one at the floor which stops a few inches from the bottom and allow you to check there is nothing in the way that could get trapped

I'm just jealous, If I had that facility at home there would be no more domestic arguments as I would almost live in the garage

 

[47p2]

Teabag, trust me when I say I've been told on numerous occasions that I will end up sleeping in the garage if I step out of line.

I think my bed will be in the attic

 

[teabag]

Teabag, trust me when I say I've been told on numerous occasions that I will end up sleeping in the garage if I step out of line.

I think my bed will be in the attic

Looks Quiet and peaceful, absolute bliss

 

[47p2]

This is the line-up now that the V-Class is sold

The drive has to be resurfaced and I'm not sure what I want to do with it yet so it can wait until next year

 

[television]

Love your garage very nice what else can one say

 

[S.Speed]

I am soooo jealous!
We have a large garage but its full of junk !
Blimey to have yer own post lift.. "One day all garages will be this way"

On a different subject, I would not be surprised if you were a Virgo.. They are very tidy and usually perfectionist..

 

[maverick1984]

Ok well i am going to buy one. I have narrowed it down to between a PELA 650 or a SEALEY TP69.

Any reccomendations and also can someone point me in the right direction of where to purchase from cheap?

Also thanks to simonarius for his messages and information.

 

[Rory]

This is the line-up now that the V-Class is sold

The drive has to be resurfaced and I'm not sure what I want to do with it yet so it can wait until next year

Just wondering why you didn't put the lift in the middle and give yourself space all around it?

Also, re the filing cabinet in the loft - a full filing cabinet is approx 200Kg - a lot of weight in a small area. At my wife's place they had to move a row of them from the middle of the office to the edge as the floor below was distorting.

 

[47p2]

I was originally going to put a pit in the end bay as the ground naturally drops at that side but once the hole was excavated it started filling with water, so that idea was dropped and the hole was filled in.
The concrete has to be 10" thick for the ramp and 6" for the rest of the floor and the easiest way to do this was keep the end bay for the ramp. The picture doesn't really show the space at the side of the ramp but there is about 3' between the Range Rover side and the wall so plenty space for working. This allows the other 2 bays to be wide enough to allow me to get in and out without having to worry about damaging the vehicles.

The filing cabinet is storage for light items only, bulbs, dusters etc so not a problem with the weight distribution

 

[S.Speed]

Ok well i am going to buy one. I have narrowed it down to between a PELA 650 or a SEALEY TP69.

Any recommendations and also can someone point me in the right direction of where to purchase from cheap?

Also thanks to simonarius for his messages and information.

Mine is the 6.5 litre version in the link below...
The PELA comes with 2 different diameter pipes, though I tend to use the narrow one by default...

http://www.cdet.co.uk/catalogue/pelapumps.asp

I doubt very much that you will regret your purchase BUT I advise you keep it quiet from your friends or else they will be queuing up to borrow it..

 

[Alex M Grieve]

I doubt very much that you will regret your purchase BUT I advise you keep it quiet from your friends or else they will be queuing up to borrow it..

All the world loves a sucker!!

 

[grober]

there's a review here. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/203129/fluid_extractors.html
I have the Sealey 6.5 litre but its indistinguishable from the Pela and a few others.

 

[antijam]

Don't wish to muddy the waters further, but if you have a workshop air compressor then an air operated fluid extractor can be a real boon.

I have this one and use it for all oil changes. Simple, effective, rapid and no effort required.

Good for brake bleeding too.

 

[Alex Crow]

me too anti, the advantage is that it just keeps on sucking even when it is pulling some air in. the manual ones need much pumping in this scenario, but the pneumatics get on with it while i have a cuppa.

 

[drdre78]

unless you got smart and you have no choice

 

[roadhog]

Any reccomendations and also can someone point me in the right direction of where to purchase from cheap?

Screwfix do one for around £45.

 

[Miffy]

back in the day, a "friend" of mine used to use a gallon of diesel to flush the engine oil, never heard of this done by anyone else, is it frowned upon?

 

[drdre78]

i got one from snap on works great on mercs just have to make sure oil is HOT and sucks it out no problem

 

[47p2]

back in the day, a "friend" of mine used to use a gallon of diesel to flush the engine oil, never heard of this done by anyone else, is it frowned upon?

With modern oils there should be no need to flush the system. Tolerances today are much tighter than they were years ago and if you use a flushing oil or diesel you run the risk of contaminated oil going through the oilways and causing a blockage or even worse