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My 66 has been on the lift for a month trying to get all the front end work done and new TCP rack installed. Today, I finally got it all done. I went to lower the car so I could finalize the job by tightening down the steering column.
Oops! Piston blew a seal on my four post lift and it will not move upward so I can undo the locks to let the car down. Stuck in mid air!!!
I really don’t need to be manhandling that big cylinder, so I am calling a lift repair guy to fix it. Anybody had this done recently? Wondering how big a bill this is going to be.
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Pretty sure Bullet Bob recently had the same issue.
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My guess is $100 parts, $1400labor for two guys 1/2 day with travel time.
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Bentworker wrote:
My guess is $100 parts, $1400labor for two guys 1/2 day with travel time.
Hope NOT!!!
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Probably, considering the over a barrel surcharge.
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That's a bummer. I never thought about a car getting stuck on a lift.
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last year, it was 700 dollars with me taking it off and driving over to a shop that work on equipment hydraulics.
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Seems like a new cylinder would be cheaper. $700 to repair sounds awfully high.
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If you decide to go the replacement route “ bench test” the new one before installing it.
You never know!🤬
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Try to get a root cause for the issue from the repair service.
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Kinda parallel topic.
MS: I thought you already had a power TCP rack. What gives? Was the old one manual? Or is there a new piece from TCP?
I changed my manual TCP to power some years ago and I like it, but it is not as solid as the manual was.
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lowercasesteve wrote:
Kinda parallel topic.
MS: I thought you already had a power TCP rack. What gives? Was the old one manual? Or is there a new piece from TCP?
I changed my manual TCP to power some years ago and I like it, but it is not as solid as the manual was.
My power TCP rack was 20 years old and started leaking. They wanted $600 to rebuild it plus shipping.
I wanted the big block mounts so it would clear my oil pan. The existing one had the boots rubbing the pan.
I bought a new power rack with big block brackets and am using the center link bar from the old small block rack. New one sits about 5/8” lower. Clears pan 3/8”.
I noticed Chris Alston Chassis Works no longer has these racks for Mustangs on their web site, and CJ Pony has them on sale. I wonder if they are stopping production?
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Rufus68 wrote:
Try to get a root cause for the issue from the repair service.
A professional rack repair guy is coming out Monday to fix my lift. Will let you guys know what happens. Meanwhile… should I set up a GoFundMe account?
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MS wrote:
Rufus68 wrote:
Try to get a root cause for the issue from the repair service.
A professional rack repair guy is coming out Monday to fix my lift. Will let you guys know what happens. Meanwhile… should I set up a GoFundMe account?
Let me know how that works, MS. I may need one of my own - just had to drop $4000 on having five dangerous trees removed on my property. Ouch!
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When my Direct Lift cylinder crapped out last year I was able to pull the cyl with a little help from a friend. Fortunately the lift was also in the up position but empty. Local outfit that does lots of hydraulic repairs for the local mining industry resealed it for $500. Pricey. From what I could find, new would be $700 +.
Good luck MS.
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As BB says"you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!" Hopefully you get good service from the professional
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The repair guy came and removed the hydraulic cylinder today. He said he would be back in 2-3 days to reinstall it after they rebuild it. He quoted around $900
This is a good opportunity to install zerk fittings on all the dry shaft pulleys he had to remove. I can’t believe they don’t grease those things when assembling the lift.
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Nice! That is very reasonable for a couple trips to your home and the repair itself.
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MS wrote:
The repair guy came and removed the hydraulic cylinder today. He said he would be back in 2-3 days to reinstall it after they rebuild it. He quoted around $900
This is a good opportunity to install zerk fittings on all the dry shaft pulleys he had to remove. I can’t believe they don’t grease those things when assembling the lift.
that would make it smoother
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$926 and it now has a rebuilt ram installed. Works great!
One thing they suggested that I had not thought about:
Change the oil in case any blown seal debris was in the old oil. I had them change it before pumping any oil back into the system or ram.
They said if a ram lasts eight years, it had a good life span. Mine would be eight years in September.
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