Vehicle Inspection Pit
Re: Vehicle Inspection Pit
Sod the ramp! It's an Elfords Turbo!
Re: Vehicle Inspection Pit
well spotted rob!! have you thought of replacing the sd3 with an early rx7, they are rather cheap
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Re: Vehicle Inspection Pit
This has been debated many time son garage journal. My father has always had pits but I've come around to the lifts now. Much easier to install and work with and there are a few other factors too. If you have the height for one, you can always use it to double stack a car and also I personally think for anyone with young children (or even yourself), a pit is something you can fall into if not covered.
2013 Dodge Durango R/T
2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt.
1965 Ford Anglia 106e Estate (Wagon). LHD.
2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt.
1965 Ford Anglia 106e Estate (Wagon). LHD.
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I put a pit into my double garage when I lived in York. The high water table - and a subterranean drain - meant it had to be a kneeler but I could work seated for a lot of the time. I got an old typist's chair (the chair was old, not the typist) and removed the backrest, so I could scoot up and down easily.
The pit had had a concrete base cast in, with concrete block walls supporting the original floor. I put in proper, encased-bulb lights and a couple of double mains sockets.
My top refinement was ultra-worthwhile. I migged together a rectangular angle-iron frame to accept (a) the boards and (b) a refurbished 2-ton hydraulic pit jack. This was of the kind that rolls along the frame on sprung wheels, then settles down solidly when weight is put on it. I picked up the jack from a firm in Hull. One job I used it for was a brake service on a Rolls Royce Corniche convertible. Since it coped with this luxury lorry, it could clearly handle anything.
The big downside was caused by the idiot who did the building work - I swear he was a pikey but would never admit it. I left him strict instructions to put in a heavy-duty plastic lining between the concrete/blockwork and the surrounding earth. He did the construction work while I was away working. When I returned, he explained that he couldn't get a big enough bit of sheeting so he'd used two, overlapping them in the middle. So, my inside-out plastic parcel came with a gap. Result = a (not very) freshwater Jacuzzi.
I had to add a water suction pump and the pit was always damp inbetween jobs. Made a first-class rat catcher though.
The I sold the house, they buyer had kids so the pit was filled in. Shame.
The pit had had a concrete base cast in, with concrete block walls supporting the original floor. I put in proper, encased-bulb lights and a couple of double mains sockets.
My top refinement was ultra-worthwhile. I migged together a rectangular angle-iron frame to accept (a) the boards and (b) a refurbished 2-ton hydraulic pit jack. This was of the kind that rolls along the frame on sprung wheels, then settles down solidly when weight is put on it. I picked up the jack from a firm in Hull. One job I used it for was a brake service on a Rolls Royce Corniche convertible. Since it coped with this luxury lorry, it could clearly handle anything.
The big downside was caused by the idiot who did the building work - I swear he was a pikey but would never admit it. I left him strict instructions to put in a heavy-duty plastic lining between the concrete/blockwork and the surrounding earth. He did the construction work while I was away working. When I returned, he explained that he couldn't get a big enough bit of sheeting so he'd used two, overlapping them in the middle. So, my inside-out plastic parcel came with a gap. Result = a (not very) freshwater Jacuzzi.
I had to add a water suction pump and the pit was always damp inbetween jobs. Made a first-class rat catcher though.
The I sold the house, they buyer had kids so the pit was filled in. Shame.