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The Classic Marque

UJs doable without having to take engine and gearbox out. Easier on a lift it has to be said...l'm lucky to have access
Dave

If only I had a Spridget :(

@AdrianR

"bad news one of the propshaft UJs isn't so engine/box out time"

Engine/Box out for a propshaft UJ ?

After the very succesfull Spridgetweekend of 2025 with over 40 spridgets from Holland, Germany and the UK we are very pleased to annouce there will be another spridgetweekend this year again!

When: August 28th, 29th and 30st 2026.
Where: Lintelo near Aalten, Netherlands (near German border)

What can you expect for this weekend:
• Camping facilities for Friday and Saturd...

Thanks for the link to Barney's site Dave---fully explained--thankyou. different setup to my Golf.
Cheers
willy

Tarquin, Wakefield, West Yorks

You could pay a builder to create a recess in the floor into which the scissor will sit, allowing it to be flush with the garage floor.


A friend of mine did exactly that what Tarquin describes,works great for him!

Did the same with my 2 post lift, midget is to low to get the arms under and didnt want to pre lift the midget with a jack....

My Mercedes has non-latching dip/main where you push it one way and release for main beam and pull it the other way to go back ... and to flash. So by feeling the lever as on 'proper' cars you can't tell which is beam is lit in brightly lit streets and can flash when you think you are putting it on dip. Easy to get it on the wrong one as to operate the rear wash/wipe buttons you have to reach ro...

Some combination of mobile lifting table and weights bench? Similar scissor action mechanism but with a hydraulic hand pump and release?

Good news my diff is fine, bad news one of the propshaft UJs isn't so engine/box out time, the old fashioned way with a hoist.

Willy

Yes, the VW relay effectively uses the flash to pass as a dip switch.

As my car is a Mk1, it has the dip switch on the floor.

Here are the details from Barney’s MGAguru site.

https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/accessories/at113a.htm

Dave
The vw relay has got me intrigued --on my Vw the headlight stalk is basically the same operation as a flashing to pass B stalk with high beam towards the dash ,lo beam back up to wards the wheel and then spring loaded towards the wheel to flash---I was thinking your relay was like some Japanese cars with a flip flop type relay where the driver flicks the lever the same direction each time...