[DeTomaso] Any ideas

[Dave Londry]

Same story here.
I have a LiftKing 8, which looks like it has about 80% the same parts as 
a Bend Pak 9.
It's 25F in my garage right now and the lift is happy to go up and down.
I run tractor ATF in it and there are maybe 2 quarts in the bottom of 
the reservoir at full lift.
And even at full lift it has to lift 2 1/2" more before you can release 
the dogs to lower it.
dave

Dan Mixon wrote:
> I've got a Rotary 4 post. The pump reservoir is opaque and when the lift is
> fully up there is still several quarts in the reservoir. Are you sure the
> reservoir is empty when the lift is up? Rotary recommends automatic
> transmission fluid. What type of fluid are you using? Is it the recommended
> fluid? When my lift is latched in position, the hydraulics still has to pick
> the lift up before the latches can be released and gravity lowers the lift.
> I've used the lift in the 30 degree temperature range and it operates the
> same as in warm temperatures.  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of bwerner at live.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 12:06 PM
> To: DeTomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Any ideas
>
> It is 20 degrees here this morning in Bend, Oregon.  I installed my new Bend
> Pak 4 post lift a couple of weeks ago when it was 60 degrees, and guess what
> it doesn't want to work in this temperature.  I installed it in the unheated
> portion of my shop.  Any ideas??  The lift is in the up position right now
> with one of my cars on it.  In the up postion all the hydralic oil is in the
> cylinder and lines.  I put a 100watt light bulb under the oil reservoir
> yesterday to no avail.  It isn't a problem to get the car down, gravity
> takes care of that.  I was thinking about putting one of those battery
> heater blankets around the reservoir in the down position so that all the
> oil would be down in the reservoir and heated.  If anyone out there has any
> ideas please drop me a note.  I just know that one of you guys or girls has
> any answer.  Thanks.
>