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  4. Posted · Edited by FactoryOsaru · Report reply

    Aha but you've got a van HM ...He's had to hire one think on ;)

     

    Must admit that lift is sheer indulgence tho, best I can do is a 5t bottle jack :LOL:

    I wish I had a garage never mind a lift. Looking good.

     

    I often change belts or suspensions of my/my friends cars and I have to change tires twice a year at least coz I live in snowy district.

     

     

     

    Sorry sites linked below in Japanese only but lots of pictures of my work.

     

    Changed cambelt of my Multipla.

    http://minkara.carvi...22930/note.aspx

     

     

    Changed belts of friends Panda

    http://minkara.carvi.../blog/25113003/

     

     

    Changed belt of my 2nd Alfa145.

    http://minkara.carvi.../blog/30175568/

     

     

     

    Gave my previous owned Alfa145 an overhaul in my garage.

    http://minkara.carvi...27776/note.aspx

  9. Posted · Edited by FactoryOsaru · Report reply

    Hi,everybody.

     

    I am a Japanese do it yourselfer/an alfa owner.

    I have spent more than 15 years of my life on driving Alfa 145 which I bought in 1998,of which at the

    end the floor pan of 1st Alfa 145 had been rusted by sodium chloride used for a snow melting agent in snowy district and

    I discarded it this year.

    At the same time of this,I bought 2nd Alfa 145 and made up my mind of driving/maintaining it for a long time.

     

     

    I think a set of car lift is necessary for me to maintain/tune up an old Alfa145 I think.

     

     

     

     

    I bought MaxJax car lift from the US at the end of this October.

    In Japan we cannot find stores selling MaxJax because there are few people who actually tune up/fix their cars by themselves.The houses are so tiny and most of us cannot afford garage spaces thanks to expensive cost for living and garaging because of our extremely large population density in Japan.

     

    Fortunately I live in Hokkaido at the north end of Japan actually rural district and could buy a house with garage.

     

    I like cars,drive cars and fix/tune cars from childhood.

     

     

    So I decided to buy myself MaxJax this October from a dealer in US.

    My one was shipped by sea for a month,and I picked it up at my nearest port

    driving a rental small truck and went through the customs formalities by myself on 4 Dec 2013.

    　

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    Offloaded my MaxJax with an engine crane,and my son helped me in my garage.

     

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    I have set it up by myself and use on 200V AC single phase 50Hz.

    So I have to modify wiring to motor.

     

     

     

     

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    My motor is split-phase induction motor　completely different animal than that of previous one.

    All wirings have done and in this week I have set anchors for this lift on the concrete floor of my garage.

     

     

     

     

    Tools for anchoring.

     

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    Put 2 vacant bottles in the right angle to check drills perpendicular to the concrete surface.

     

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    Inserted anchors.

     

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    Extended the wrench with discarded genuine muffler because it was necessary to

    tighten them with extreme torque.

     

     

     

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    Finally has the wrench gone.

     

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    it's actually tiresome and feel slight pain on my back.

     

     

    I'm going to my favourite ONSEN a Japanese spa for relaxation this afternoon.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Have a look at my house and commute.

     

     

     

    Snows much today,enough of it!

     

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    My commute in winter.

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImzdZFLUhd0

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    What's your AlfaDriver forum name:

    FactoryOsaru. Osaru means a monkey in Japanese.

     

    Whereabouts in the world are you?:Hokkaido Japan northern district of my country.We have huge amount of snow in winter.

     

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    What are you driving these days?:My lovely Alfa 145 and wife's Fiat Multipla.

    At first I bought an 145 in 1998.Drove it approx 10000 miles.

    Its floor pan had been terribly rusted by sodium chloride a snow melting substance in snowy district and discarded this year.

    And bought secondary 145 in March,how stupid am I?

     

    How did you find AlfaDriver?: An application on my iPhone for Garagejournal.com

     

    Describe your introduction to the Alfa Romeo brand:I've got tired of Japanese cars.

    I worked in a car rental agent as a part time worker when I was an Undergraduate.

     

    Outside of Alfa Romeo, what are your interests?:making my garage,music,books

     

    What do you do for a living? a dental surgeon

     

    Tell us an interesting/crazy/unusual fact about yourself:fixing/tuning cars/import business/

    I bought an 2 post lift from a dealer in US and went through the custom formalities by myself.

    I'm installing 2 post lift in my garage,of course by myself.

     

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    What's your "special skill"?:Engine overhaulings,Cam belt change and stuff.

     

    If money was no object, what four vehicles would be in your dream garage?:

    - Dream daily driver: Maserati Quattro Porte

    - Dream track car:Ferrari F430

    - Dream all-rounder:Evoque

    - Wildcard entry:Any Expensive Cars? No! I will drive Alfa145 fixing it by myself in the future perhaps!

     

    What are you personally hoping to get out of AlfaDriver?:technical info for DIY from mates in this forum

     

    And finally, describe yourself in five words: curious patriot do it yourself

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