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Jul 5th, 2020, 06:52 | #1391 | |
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHORT-4-P...QAAOSwBahU~rq7 ... just under 2 grand, so nearly twice the price, but how cool it is! Dan and I are going top look at a house in Cambridgeshire with a barn (and 2 acres, Bob would love that) in the next couple of weeks. If we buy it then I might just get my ramps (2 or 4 post I don't know, it depends on how much cash is left over after buying a house with a barn!) :-) Last edited by Othen; Jul 5th, 2020 at 09:23. Reason: Spelling error. |
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Jul 5th, 2020, 11:31 | #1392 |
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I have just done the fourth partial ATF change on the RB's BW55 auto box. I'm pleased to say that the stuff that came out (1.75l) from the third change had remained a pretty good red colour, so this should be the last change (apart from normal maintenance). I did a partial change of the PAS reservoir as well - same detail.
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If the barn is (or could be made) weatherproof, there's no reason why you couldn't make it a good workshop/garage and if you did it on a budget, no reason to cost a small fortune either. Also there's another option that would provide you with a sort of combination of both a 2-post lift and a 4-post. Not quite literally but might be worth a thought : https://www.mech-mate.co.uk/products Have the 2-post lift and fit the pit in between it. Gives you the option of lifting the car for oil/wheelchanges, brake work and so on or getting underneath to renew the exhaust system etc. Easily covered with boards to stop Bob (or anyone else) falling in and if you linked the boards with webbing stapled to them, you could make the boards a rollout/roll in feature.
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The ramp idea is really good though, I’ve always wanted a really good workshop. Alan |
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Your being in a barn, it's covered so won't be a problem at all.
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You are probably right, but I recall at our place in Pentney (between King's Lynn and Swafham) one of our neighbours had a klargester unit pop out of the ground during their house construction - the water table was only 4' due to the lake. Wisbech is probably a bit higher than that :-) ... Bob's first walk time. Alan |
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Water constantly seeped out of the rocks, turning into a stream in the autumn, but it had no clear exit - it simple seeped back into the ground at the other end. There was an oily mess of old lorry parts buried in the silt, and the water rose to about 2 feet deep at most. I never used it, foreseeing immediately that any parts or tools dropped into it would be lost for good. The wooden baulks laid across so that vehicles could access the rest of the barn rotted rapidly. Inspection pits are dangerous places, as petrol fumes accumulate there, and there needs to be a fume extraction system. I never used it, and recently concreted over the entire pit. |
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If it's in the town, chances are you'll probably be ok as the houses tend to be built above the water table but obviously there's no guarantee. I suspect having been a surveyor you could probably teach me a lot more about water tables than i could tell you.
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