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Went to change the sump on my work jeep tonight because I burst it a while back and welded it all up but it got hit again and started leaking so I thought id just change it for a new one this time, so up on the two poster rap with it and changed the sump but when I went to drop her back to the ground it only went down about a foot and the motor on the ramp decided it has had enough and burnt out. So now I have my jeep stuck almost at the top of the ramp :banghead:

Good job I have one of the work vans at the moment too, but now I dont know how im going to get my jeep back down :think:

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is it a screw lift or a drybolic lift? if its a screw lift you can wind it down by hand from the top of each post but you'll want two people and eat plenty of weatabix in the morning cos its a bloody knackering job :?

dunno what to do if its a hydrolic one the needs to go up before it can go down :(

 

good luck dude :thumbsup:

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It’s a motor up and motor down type so couldn’t fall down when it burnt out and then it has safety locks if it drops to quick.

I think its probably second or third hand by now so I’ll just have to find a new motor for it myself. But it looks like I will have to lower the jeep down by hand tomorrow and that’s going to take hours :(

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Does it have 1 motor and a chain drive to the other post?

 

or 2 motors, one on each post?

 

If its got one motor then you can probably wind it down by hand. Takes a while mind you.

 

Dont know about 2 motor ramps. I would guess you can still wind them down but need to do each post a bit at a time :thumbsup:

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is it a screw lift or a drybolic lift? if its a screw lift you can wind it down by hand from the top of each post but you'll want two people and eat plenty of weatabix in the morning cos its a bloody knackering job :?

dunno what to do if its a hydrolic one the needs to go up before it can go down :(

 

good luck dude :thumbsup:

 

Yea its a screw one, so looks like i have to find someone to screw with tomorrow :mrgreen:

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Does it have 1 motor and a chain drive to the other post?

 

or 2 motors, one on each post?

 

If its got one motor then you can probably wind it down by hand. Takes a while mind you.

 

Dont know about 2 motor ramps. I would guess you can still wind them down but need to do each post a bit at a time :thumbsup:

 

Its just got the one motor that spins it up and down with a chain at the bottom joining the two screws

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is it a screw lift or a drybolic lift? if its a screw lift you can wind it down by hand from the top of each post but you'll want two people and eat plenty of weatabix in the morning cos its a bloody knackering job :?

dunno what to do if its a hydrolic one the needs to go up before it can go down :(

 

good luck dude :thumbsup:

 

Yea its a screw one, so looks like i have to find someone to screw with tomorrow :mrgreen:

 

Screwing with big posts :shock::shock:

 

That sounds painful

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Yea its a screw one, so looks like i have to find someone to screw with tomorrow :mrgreen:

 

hope you find someone who wont mind screwing with you :lol: ,

i had to wind a fiesta down when the chain drive broke :( i wound one side down while the other guy could still bring the opposite side down with the motor :? it was summer it was hot and i was fooked afterwards :sad::lol:

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is it a screw lift or a drybolic lift? if its a screw lift you can wind it down by hand from the top of each post but you'll want two people and eat plenty of weatabix in the morning cos its a bloody knackering job :?

dunno what to do if its a hydrolic one the needs to go up before it can go down :(

 

good luck dude :thumbsup:

 

Yea its a screw one, so looks like i have to find someone to screw with tomorrow :mrgreen:

 

Screwing with big posts :shock::shock:

 

That sounds painful

 

 

Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it :mrgreen:

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It took about three hours screwing but the jeep is now on the ground :)

Now the hunt for a replacement 3phase motor begins :(

 

that is a long time screwing

 

Yea after three hours I was delighted to have got my load of :mrgreen:

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It took about three hours screwing but the jeep is now on the ground :)

Now the hunt for a replacement 3phase motor begins :(

 

that is a long time screwing

 

Yea after three hours I was delighted to have got my load of :mrgreen:

 

it is always a relief

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