1969912 0 #26 October 16, 2009 A friend in high school had a V-8 MG and did a burnout in another friend's driveway. Instant gear-oil slick. The diff cover looked like it had several shotgun blasts through it. Same guy had a 400+HP '55 Chevy with a 10(?)-bolt posi and blew it up in the school parking lot. It wouldn't do anything in forward gears, but would sorta work in reverse. We drove it several miles in reverse to his house. Once in a while it would stop workiing, but if you revved it, it would suddenly hook up, BANG!, and start backing up again. IIRC all the ring gear bolts were sheared off. Not sure why it worked in reverse.... "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirrel 0 #27 October 16, 2009 Quote L Need to get me one of those atlas transfer cases so I can front wheel drive on demand...LOL just carry a couple of wrenches and pull the driveshaft, much cheaper. ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,133 #28 October 16, 2009 Quote I have an interesting story of learning from when I used to have a very large truck in college. I was in the parking garage on campus, using a hi-lift jack to get the rear of the truck up so I could replace the axle blocks. The truck fell off the jack (at least I wasn't under it). Well, a tow-truck, winch, hydraulic lift (on the tow-truck), a $20 tip and a case of beer for the driver we had the truck sitting on the axle again with the U-bolts re-attached. That was an interesting night. Sort of like the time I rebuilt the Weber Progressive carb on my '73 SuperBeetle in that same parking garage, after I had adjusted the valves and had performed an oil change. The parking security HATED me. I once changed the big end and main engine bearings of an old Ford in a parking garage.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porpoishead 8 #29 October 16, 2009 I suppose I could have dropped the rear shaft..but there was so much carnage already in the diff there was no point..my older tailpiece in that tranny had a slip yoke...no rear shaft dropping with a slip yoke, unless you wanna roast the transmission too..LOL Still real nice to be able to isolate front or rear...but you're right they aren't giving them atlas cases away...bitches start at like 4k...that's a lot of jumps and my transfer case is just fine... Dying laughing at kallend...swapping out mains in a parking garage....bwahahahaaa seen some dudes one time behind a grocery store, hoisting an engine with a chainfall from the tree...LMAOif you want a friend feed any animal Perry Farrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,133 #30 October 16, 2009 Quote Dying laughing at kallend...swapping out mains in a parking garage... Hey, it was that or the street. I figured I was less likely to have my legs run over in the parking garage. It was in Berkeley (CA), so there were lots of far wierder things happening.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirrel 0 #31 October 17, 2009 Quote It was in Berkeley (CA), so there were lots of far wierder things happening. ha! i had three sisters go there...yeah, it was like a circus! every sse the pokadot man hanging out on the corner? ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lekstrom10k 0 #32 October 17, 2009 Bumper jacks went away with the advent of energy absorber bumpers.Those were the ones mounted too horizontal shock absorbers in the frame rails.It meant you probably had a plastic facia over an "Intrusion beam".With this came the scissors jack to be used with jacking points.blah blah blah. It was usually just rear or just in front of the wheel housing for the wheel involved BFD.I almost went off the freeway laughing at a Cadillac owner trying to change a tire with the scissors jack on his luggage to fill the gap for lifting his front bumper.I remember the directions were usually printed near the under hood mounting bracket. Hell to be that stubborn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,133 #33 October 17, 2009 Quote Quote It was in Berkeley (CA), so there were lots of far wierder things happening. ha! i had three sisters go there...yeah, it was like a circus! every sse the pokadot man hanging out on the corner? Berkeley was the first place I went to when I came to the US in 1977. For a long time I thought it was a typical American city.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #34 October 17, 2009 Quote Yeah, the tire-iron-in-the-teeth thing was always a possibility........ That is what I think of every time I'm reminded of the old bumper jacks. Jacking a car up wasn't so bad if you cleared the area and took reasonable care, although sometimes the weight of the car just spit the whole jack out. Letting the car back down was the big danger. You just couldn't let that jack handle/tire iron/projectile get away from you. Funny, they still use the "jacking sound" of these old jacks in comedy routines and cartoons....as if the peeps watching it have really ever heard that noise before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
