How many DIYers have a lift in their personal garage? What a difference that would make, not being 20 anymore. Yesterday I changed out the center support bearing in my old 2002 and today I'm really paying the price for being on my back for two hours.
Easy enough job, but how nice it would be to be standing for a change.
The question is--what kind of lift, and it needs to be heavy duty enough to get a Mercedes off the ground. Imagine sneaking that one by the cost control department. Just a thought...

Steve

I always tell DIYers that I'm spoiled by my lifts at work. I hate getting on my back to slide under a car. The only drawback is over the years, being on your feat all the time takes a toll on them and your legs. And just because you work on a lift, doesn't mean you don't get a sore back from time to time.

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83 300TD
78 240D (daughter)

[QUOTE=steve hutson]How many DIYers have a lift in their personal garage? What a difference that would make, not being 20 anymore. Yesterday I changed out the center support bearing in my old 2002 and today I'm really paying the price for being on my back for two hours.


oof btdt - no lift no power out in the elements.. sheesh - recovery time is big.
that's why you need a good woman for the after work massage, hehe

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

phantoms, i like that ''feat'' - reminds me of the band ''little feat'' heh

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

Darn, the spell checker ignored it too as it was spelled correct for a different meaning.

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85 300CD
83 300TD
78 240D (daughter)

don't sweat it - i know what you mean though - we're not that young anymore and it seems like every little job, even the minor ones, will produce a pain filled couple of days...

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

I'm considering the two post assymetrical lift for my backyard shop.

Forward Manufacturing Co

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Jim

Yeah considering that I have no lifts, just a jack and the clearance between the ground and the sdl undercarriage. I won't be putting this body anywhere anytime soon. My father has about 4 or 5 lifts in his shop, i think i'll just use those.

I always wondered about digging a pit that would run about half the length of the car, just deep enough to sit in or maybe stand in. Then building a matching wood box to drop in to keep clean. Of course in a weather protected area like a barn or something.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

"I can feel your pain." Currently, I use ramps and work on a garage floor with major cracks that will knock the wheels off a creeper.

I don't know if a lift will ever be in my future. And pits can be a catch all for oil, dirt, leaves, but a little better than what I am working with. I have been taking a serious look at ramps of the heavy-duty, industrial variety that will support a whole car. Raised to a good height at one end, supported and braced correctly, and also would not need too much height clearance.

Just a thought.

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )