If I’d know the move was on, I’d have been happy to shoot up and escort it back. Let me know if you need anything at this end, happy to help.

Yeah Cuz.  Thought I’d be sweet as, weather was choice when I left, but by the time I got back I needed to stick my feet in the chilly bin for 10 minutes before I could pull my jandals back on. I actually considered putting on riding shoes or sunscreen before I left, but went with “yeah, nah” instead.     What a muppet, eh Bro.

I guess you use rubber blocks (ice hockey pucks)?  I have tried all sorts of lifting stuff over the years. In the end I have settled for a quality (weber) jack, ggod enough for teh MOD and some of the tyre fitting chains, they really are a joy to use. I also inherited one, probably 40 years old, that works perfectly. And some decent axle stands. I recently built some "mobile "axle stands, idea pinched from seeing a friends, but me being me I built my own, no joiner in the cross beam, all built out of chunkier box and high quality castors. Cost similar amount to buying one, but heavier duty/stronger. All the metal I bough pre-cut, so I just welded it all together. Min height is 400mm, max 600mm, so gets the car well off the ground and you can move it about in the garage. Pic below gives the idea. I also tried one of the tilting lis=fts, but not very satisfactory on a seperate chassis car with no outriggers, on a spit it is lifted on the sills, the chssis/drivetrain hangs off the shell.  A lot of the mid rise lifts have stuff inconveniently in the way, and only lift to a metre of so. Great for working on the outside stuff, not so much getting underneath.  The best solution is to have both a 4 post and a 2 post lift. But that requires serious space. 

Used to end up like that a lot as a kid wearing Jandals thongs flipflops at the beach 😎

There is a high level of itch! Day 8.   Visited the hand specialist.  After 3 long months was told I can finally stop wearing these at night.  (In approximatly 8 more weeks.  Grr...)

Reminds me, i need to get some more wheel chocks...

"Jack rod"   Is that rigid safety strut you put into the jack when it's up?   Never seen one!    And if they are so expensive, why bother when axle stands aren't? John

We play with Alfa’s now. Just say no to all of this and go to a proper joint. 

That does seem a touch low. On my DG's at work I usually find fresh filters and oil starts with a differential of around 0.4Bar, and usually I take notice of the differential when it reaches 1.0Bar. 1.5 Bar is when I would replace the filters. For "clarification", when running my DG's usually have a LO pressure  of approx 5 Bar. Phil

Turns out the Mann equivalent to the Wix WL7138 is Mann 714/2 💡