srmofo

A guy at the shop was finishing up this engine install today. It had been racked for a few days waiting on the new engine to arrive. He was raising the rack back up and when it neared the top, the car shifted when it reached its max height. I heard a strange noise so I turn and look....This thing was bouncing all over the place and then crunch, slip, bang, broken glass.....The best we can figure is when he was shaking the engine to get it onto the dowels it shifted the arms or feet a little bit. there was a jack underneath supporting something so the weight of the truck probably was not actually on the arms 100%.

Noone was hurt, but everyone was stunned. I have never seen anything like this before. All in all, considering what happened the damage was not that bad. It just needs a bed side, a cab side, a new window, and possibly a hood. The most expensive part is the cracked transfer case.

Enjoy.

EJ-1

damn so what the truck owner say?

jdm inc

iTrader: (11)

damn that does sux i bet the owner was pissed.... lol.

srmofo

In all honesty he really didnt seem to give a ****, he kinda laughed about it when he finally came down to see it several hours later. His mom was paying for the repairs, and the truck was pretty beat up. Scratches and dents all over the truck. Now he has new paint job and my company is paying to repair most of the other blemishes on the truck. He was really understanding about the whole thing and one of the first things he asked was if everyone was ok. Couldnt ask for a better response considering the circumstances.

thanh4o8

What a nice guy. I would be laughtning too

CarbonizedDX

wow... that'd scare the hell outta me....

Glad nobody was hurt, lucky the guy was okay with it... doesn't look to bad all said n done but it could have been worse...

fourthgenhatchB17

How did you guys get it down and upright?

1qucksol

them 4.3's sucks to install i am glad everyone was ok.

mouab18c1

iTrader: (5)

damn thats kinda kool looking ..ahaha sucks though

srmofo

He just let the lift down nice and slow and let the the front end slide. Once it was down used a floor jack to raise it up and put the wheels on. then rolled it out....It might of been a little more difficult if it had turned all the way over

ALLxMOTOR EG

Damn lol.

speedooo

that happened at a gas station i used to work at....the lift was at fault

fcm

Sure nice, when chit like that happens, that you have a customer like that.
Two thumbs up for him. 94

PyroProblem

In the first pic, it looks like the guy is thinking "How the hell am I gonna explain this one!"
Good thing no one was hurt.

siregcivic

thats pretty funny, what shop do you work at so i can bring my car in there... the tranny is going out and i want an excuse to get rid of it but just drop the damn lift on the top of my car lol