Grease Monkey at work

[Davidklt]

Well. At least they can repair this at cost.

[Beehive3783]

The comments in the second picture seems to indicate this is in Cheras, not Sarawak

[Pisces69]

  On 3/1/2013 at 12:55 AM, Mustank said:

everytime my mech hoist up my truck, i bo ji go underneath and see , if piang loh lai, consperm is up lorlee

 

 

Ya me too. I always take a good look below my car whenever it is lifted up.

 

Im going to b much more careful in future.

[Yeobh]

I got the 1st photo info from a Sarawak guy. From the 2nd photo it did mention Cheras. You are right

[Yeobh]

Frankly , it's not wise to go inspect the undercarriage when the car is just driven to the shop. The cat is extremely hot, there are engine blow by fume , dripping fiulds etc that are not good for yr body.

[Beehive3783]

  On 3/1/2013 at 8:11 AM, Pisces69 said:

Ya me too. I always take a good look below my car whenever it is lifted up.

 

Im going to b much more careful in future.

I think a platform lift with the safety "locking teeth" on the 4 posts will be safer that the one pictured here.

[Gnahp]

quite common actually

 

 

 

 

 

[Pisces69]

  On 3/1/2013 at 9:12 AM, Yeobh said:

Frankly , it's not wise to go inspect the undercarriage when the car is just driven to the shop. The cat is extremely hot, there are engine blow by fume , dripping fiulds etc that are not good for yr body.

Ok tks fr yr good advice. I usually wait awhile b4 checking n dun touch e exhaust.

 

I just look fr damage...fluid leaks n worn bushings n boots.

 

Its e best time cos when e cars up there i can see e undercarriage much better.

 

Wil note yr advice n wait 5-10 mins b4 checking next time.

[Pisces69]

  On 3/1/2013 at 9:14 AM, Beehive3783 said:

I think a platform lift with the safety "locking teeth" on the 4 posts will be safer that the one pictured here.

 

 

Most places i notice e mech wil manually lock e lift.

 

Otherwise i wait fr mech to go below 1st. Then it sud b safe.

 

 

[Yeobh]

Lead burnt engine product high % of nitrogen, some engine additives when comes into contact with high exhaust temp will produce gases that are very harmful for the lungs. In fact many retired mech suffer from bad health , skin problems, back/leg problems and for those frequent user of impact tools suffer from hand nerve problems.

 

[Pisces69]

  On 3/1/2013 at 11:54 AM, Yeobh said:

Lead burnt engine product high % of nitrogen, some engine additives when comes into contact with high exhaust temp will produce gases that are very harmful for the lungs. In fact many retired mech suffer from bad health , skin problems, back/leg problems and for those frequent user of impact tools suffer from hand nerve problems.

 

 

I heard those working long hours in front of computers suffer similar problems.

[Beehive3783]

  On 3/1/2013 at 11:21 AM, Pisces69 said:

Most places i notice e mech wil manually lock e lift.

 

Otherwise i wait fr mech to go below 1st. Then it sud b safe.

Ya and in case the manual lock fails, the locking teeth will still hold the hoist in place.

[Pisces69]

  On 3/2/2013 at 3:27 AM, Beehive3783 said:

Ya and in case the manual lock fails, the locking teeth will still hold the hoist in place.

 

 

Phew. So at least i feel safer now. Tks.

[Gendut]

  On 2/28/2013 at 2:49 PM, Yeobh said:

No in Sarawak Kuching

 

The twin post lifting arm rubber pads may have wore out or the mech did not position the arm pads at the correct lifting points

 

Many shops either purposely not want to use those rubber pads. These ppl need to be educated.

 

Not only do they protect the cars from scratches, they prevent metal to metal slippage.

[Yeobh]

If those lifting equipment, air compressor etc are supplier by oil companies, basically they are well maintain by oil companies contractors.Only those in house equipment purchase and own by the shops themselves are usually in very bad operating conditions. Its high time MOM industrial safety inspectorate pay more attention to this industry.

[Darthrevan]

the 1st photo's tagline is misleading..it says "Always leave your car to professional people"..but the workshop in question is Honda service centre @ Cheras..aren't they the professionals?

[Yeobh]

[Beehive3783]

  On 3/2/2013 at 8:59 AM, Darthrevan said:

the 1st photo's tagline is misleading..it says "Always leave your car to professional people"..but the workshop in question is Honda service centre @ Cheras..aren't they the professionals?

Yes the workshop is professional but the mech isn't