{"id":1924,"date":"2018-02-24T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T22:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asifnyc.com\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2018-02-24T14:41:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T22:41:39","slug":"2017-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asifnyc.com\/2017-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, another year has passed. Still getting just a trickle of shop time. Because time is so limited I spent a lot of this year (especially starting in the fall) trying to organize the shop so that I can be efficient when I do get shop time. So\u2026<\/p>\n

Enter the LIFT! I had been thinking of a lift for a while. I\u2019m 50 now and realized having a lift would allow me to get jobs done quicker and be easier on the body. I saw a lot of people talking about the Max Jax lifts on Garage Journal and was getting close to pulling the trigger. Then someone mentioned a Triumph C7000. The maxjax only lifts to 48\u201d. The Triumph was only $500 more but lifts to 72\u201d. I have low ceilings in the shop so I couldn\u2019t get a more traditional lift that has a crossbar up top and I didn\u2019t want one that had a cross plate on the bottom. I knew that the lift would be used for the race car a lot and I didn\u2019t want to have to push the car over the plate (and didn\u2019t want to have to start the car just to drive it over a plate). So, the Triumph seemed like the way to go. It arrived in late February and I got the columns into my shop and stood up by myself (with the help of my engine hoist). Then things stalled. It took me a LONG time to decide on exactly where the columns should be positioned. And I was trying to find someone to install it (which really just meant someone who could drill the holes in the concrete floor so the anchors could be hammered in). In the end I bought a drill bit and just borrowed a hammer drill from a friend and did it myself. But all the worrying about getting the lift positioned right (to work with the different cars; Gremlin, Javelin and Matador) and deciding how to get the holes drilled took me almost exactly a year! Another part of what took so long was that I thought there was no real wiring needed. The pump runs on 110v so I thought I just need to plug it in. WRONG. It\u2019s 110v but 30 amps! I didn\u2019t have any 30 amp circuits. Turns out 110v 30amp is something RVs use so I got an electrician to put in a 30 amp breaker for me and build me a long RV plug extension cord. With that done I got distracted by my shed project and the shop was a disaster for a while. I finally got it cleaned out and was able to actually do my first lift last week! (see pics or it didn\u2019t happen).<\/p>\n\n\t\t