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From: Timo at Work on 30 Jul 2010 17:10
On Jul 30, 7:26 am, "sweller" <swel...(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Anyone got a cheap runabout that they want to pass on?  Pref.
> estate/hatchback capable of taking a Jag engine.

JackH is looking after my E280 estate that's up for sale. Ping me an
email and maybe we can sort out something.
From: crn on 31 Jul 2010 05:09
SIRPip <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We came close to unsticking when the lump came up (after we'd been
> taking turns cranking the crane up to max lift) when the gearbox caught
> on the bulkhead and we started, unknowingly, to lift the car. The end
> of the crane "jib" took on a Concordski profile and it looked a bit
> sadder, like a down-in-the-mouth Hammerite Blue heron with a soft-on.
> We'd just changed the 1/2" drive 'speedbrace' for a ratchet as turning
> it was getting tough and we were getting blisters (even on our
> wanking-hardened palms) when we realised that we'd just exceeded the
> SWL of the crane by about a ton and had to back it off.

[snip tale of comedy]

Reminds me of trying to extract the motor from a Mk2 inside the garage
with a chain block wrapped onto a rafter in the garage roof.
Guess what happened next......

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03 GS500K2
76 Honda 400/4 project
78 Honda 400/4 in black
06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: petrolcan on 31 Jul 2010 05:29
In article <i30p7r$28s$1(a)news.albasani.net>, crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com says...
>
> SIRPip <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > We came close to unsticking when the lump came up (after we'd been
> > taking turns cranking the crane up to max lift) when the gearbox caught
> > on the bulkhead and we started, unknowingly, to lift the car. The end
> > of the crane "jib" took on a Concordski profile and it looked a bit
> > sadder, like a down-in-the-mouth Hammerite Blue heron with a soft-on.
> > We'd just changed the 1/2" drive 'speedbrace' for a ratchet as turning
> > it was getting tough and we were getting blisters (even on our
> > wanking-hardened palms) when we realised that we'd just exceeded the
> > SWL of the crane by about a ton and had to back it off.
>
> [snip tale of comedy]
>
> Reminds me of trying to extract the motor from a Mk2 inside the garage
> with a chain block wrapped onto a rafter in the garage roof.
> Guess what happened next......

You had a bang on the head and invented the flux capacitor?
From: Adrian on 31 Jul 2010 05:30
"SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

> The end of the crane "jib" took on a Concordski profile and it looked a
> bit sadder, like a down-in-the-mouth Hammerite Blue heron with a soft-
> on.

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