Fumes and weight management
12-01-2017, 11:13 PM
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Fumes and weight management
First is putting the 96 XJ up on stands. Considering the weight of the engine and that there's no real frame under there, would it be risking bending the body to put the front of the truck up on stands? Doing a lot of front end work right now and I have both front wheels off and two stands positioned supporting the 'frame' rails right where the front doors meet the quarter panels. Have some 2x4s running length wise b/t the stands and rails to spread out the pressure.
And second is a concern I have about the company vehicles I'm asked to drive at work. We have a set of mechanics now that don't fix any problems that deal with fumes getting into the vehicles, and will tell you they're harmless. So recently I'm in discussions with higher ups about how to measure the air quality in the vehicles. The two situations I see most often that allow fumes in are leaky head gaskets dripping oil onto the exhaust manifold, and leaky exhaust manifolds.
So I'm wondering what kind of device do I need to get my hands on to measure these pollutants? Less expensive is good as I'm having to do this myself. Would be ideal if I could maybe just rent something. The device would need to measure carbon monoxide, but hopefully unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides as well.
And second is a concern I have about the company vehicles I'm asked to drive at work. We have a set of mechanics now that don't fix any problems that deal with fumes getting into the vehicles, and will tell you they're harmless. So recently I'm in discussions with higher ups about how to measure the air quality in the vehicles. The two situations I see most often that allow fumes in are leaky head gaskets dripping oil onto the exhaust manifold, and leaky exhaust manifolds.
So I'm wondering what kind of device do I need to get my hands on to measure these pollutants? Less expensive is good as I'm having to do this myself. Would be ideal if I could maybe just rent something. The device would need to measure carbon monoxide, but hopefully unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides as well.
12-02-2017, 07:38 AM
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First is putting the 96 XJ up on stands. Considering the weight of the engine and that there's no real frame under there, would it be risking bending the body to put the front of the truck up on stands? Doing a lot of front end work right now and I have both front wheels off and two stands positioned supporting the 'frame' rails right where the front doors meet the quarter panels. Have some 2x4s running length wise b/t the stands and rails to spread out the pressure.
And second is a concern I have about the company vehicles I'm asked to drive at work. We have a set of mechanics now that don't fix any problems that deal with fumes getting into the vehicles, and will tell you they're harmless. So recently I'm in discussions with higher ups about how to measure the air quality in the vehicles. The two situations I see most often that allow fumes in are leaky head gaskets dripping oil onto the exhaust manifold, and leaky exhaust manifolds.
So I'm wondering what kind of device do I need to get my hands on to measure these pollutants? Less expensive is good as I'm having to do this myself. Would be ideal if I could maybe just rent something. The device would need to measure carbon monoxide, but hopefully unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides as well.
And second is a concern I have about the company vehicles I'm asked to drive at work. We have a set of mechanics now that don't fix any problems that deal with fumes getting into the vehicles, and will tell you they're harmless. So recently I'm in discussions with higher ups about how to measure the air quality in the vehicles. The two situations I see most often that allow fumes in are leaky head gaskets dripping oil onto the exhaust manifold, and leaky exhaust manifolds.
So I'm wondering what kind of device do I need to get my hands on to measure these pollutants? Less expensive is good as I'm having to do this myself. Would be ideal if I could maybe just rent something. The device would need to measure carbon monoxide, but hopefully unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides as well.
The uniframe will be fine. How do you think the lifts at the dealerships and all other shops pick them up?
12-02-2017, 08:34 AM
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First is putting the 96 XJ up on stands. Considering the weight of the engine and that there's no real frame under there, would it be risking bending the body to put the front of the truck up on stands? Doing a lot of front end work right now and I have both front wheels off and two stands positioned supporting the 'frame' rails right where the front doors meet the quarter panels. Have some 2x4s running length wise b/t the stands and rails to spread out the pressure.
And second is a concern I have about the company vehicles I'm asked to drive at work. We have a set of mechanics now that don't fix any problems that deal with fumes getting into the vehicles, and will tell you they're harmless. So recently I'm in discussions with higher ups about how to measure the air quality in the vehicles. The two situations I see most often that allow fumes in are leaky head gaskets dripping oil onto the exhaust manifold, and leaky exhaust manifolds.
So I'm wondering what kind of device do I need to get my hands on to measure these pollutants? Less expensive is good as I'm having to do this myself. Would be ideal if I could maybe just rent something. The device would need to measure carbon monoxide, but hopefully unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides as well.
And second is a concern I have about the company vehicles I'm asked to drive at work. We have a set of mechanics now that don't fix any problems that deal with fumes getting into the vehicles, and will tell you they're harmless. So recently I'm in discussions with higher ups about how to measure the air quality in the vehicles. The two situations I see most often that allow fumes in are leaky head gaskets dripping oil onto the exhaust manifold, and leaky exhaust manifolds.
So I'm wondering what kind of device do I need to get my hands on to measure these pollutants? Less expensive is good as I'm having to do this myself. Would be ideal if I could maybe just rent something. The device would need to measure carbon monoxide, but hopefully unburned hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides as well.
If I was driving a vehicle that kept setting one of these off I would make sure everyone in the chain of authority knew about it being an issue and would refuse to drive it until the issue was fixed. lol
You know... This just happened with the Police Expeditions. If they had just installed a loud *** home detector it would have definitely been addressed and corrected immediately without any need to measure it. It would have been a positive "go/no go" situation.