WINCH/TOW into garage

ER1C said:

I am close to knackering a car shoving it in.

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As much I know this was said in jest and you have some far more sensible suggestions if you have something else with a solid land rover style bumper a (another land rover would be ideal) and if you only need it to go in once, rather than regularly in and out, something on the lip so it is not a hard edge and an old tyre between the two vehicles and pushing it in with another car should be fine as long as you take it easy. Land rovers have the advantage of being big and solid, after the fire in my 110 I used a telehandler to push it up onto the trailer with one of the forks against the top of the tow bar drop plate,

Stanleysteamer said:

I think it'd be tough, but with all resistance in the cylinders removed i.e. injectors or glow plugs removed, the starter motor in low range first should shift it. And controllably too.

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That will definitely work, I have moved them around on the starter a surprising distance and that is without the engine being stripped so it still had compression.

dag019 said:

As much I know this was said in jest and you have some far more sensible suggestions if you have something else with a solid land rover style bumper a (another land rover would be ideal) and if you only need it to go in once, rather than regularly in and out, something on the lip so it is not a hard edge and an old tyre between the two vehicles and pushing it in with another car should be fine as long as you take it easy. Land rovers have the advantage of being big and solid, after the fire in my 110 I used a telehandler to push it up onto the trailer with one of the forks against the top of the tow bar drop plate,



That will definitely work, I have moved them around on the starter a surprising distance and that is without the engine being stripped so it still had compression.

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In Sweden apparently the official advice, if your car is stuck on a railway track on a level crossing is to get everyone out of the car except the driver then wind it out the way on the starter motor.

I too have moved quite a few vehicles that way.
And if your clutch is bust you start the car in gear in first, (at the lights for instance) then plant the accelerator as soon as the engine catches. Had to drive from S Wales to Ferndown that way once, clutchless gear changes all the way, (Morris Marina 1.8)

Try putting a wheel nut brace on one of the wheel nuts and wind it - might work. Drivers side for forwards, passenger side for backwards.

Wimblowdriver said:

Try putting a wheel nut brace on one of the wheel nuts and wind it - might work. Drivers side for forwards, passenger side for backwards.

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Interestingly I thought of this but didn't dare mention it!
I'd only do it on the rear wheels though as if on the front the wheel could just turn, i.e. as if the steering wheel was turned.

Cut out a section of floor at the back of the garage 1M long x 100 wide and 150mm deep and cement a piece of RSJ in.
Leave enough room in the concrete (at the back) to allow you to hook onto the RSJ.
or Weld the winch to the RSJ
or pre-drill and install 3xM16 eye bolts - ! as anchor, through pulley on car, back through pulley on RSJ, through 2nd pulley on car back through 2nd pulley on RSJ, connect the ropes end to a small dog/child and throw a biscuit down the drive, the car will be in the garage toute-suite.

or

Drill 4 holes across the back of the garage and put in 4 Eye-Rawl bolts ... https://www.rawlplug.co.uk/product/r-rbl-e-rawlbolt-eye-bolt/ share the load across all 4 bolts or use the same mechanical advantage pulley system as above.
Use the beam/eyebolts to padlock your car/bike/wife to the garage floor so it can't be stolen.

Screw in some hooks to the roof rafters and you have a 'rack' , underused in modern times this torturous device would be excellent for eaking the truth out of the children or teaching the local idiots a lasting lesson or simply for you own amusement.

I tried a single bolt.... planned 2 but could only get the hole for 1 drilled.

This was pulling the Delorean over a slight incline so not anywhere near LR weight.

I have the same problems I drilled a hole in the floor right through slab about 40mm hammered in 36mm rebar about 2ft long and attach a hand winch works fine, as when I want as push everybody legs it

tyregeezer said:

I have the same problems I drilled a hole in the floor right through slab about 40mm hammered in 36mm rebar about 2ft long and attach a hand winch works fine, as when I want as push everybody legs it

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Oooo clever... I could just drill wider and hammer a scaffold pole in....

That would work mine is under my bench, moved the bench trashed it in, put the bench back rope round it to a convenient point then winch once I'm over the little step which feels like cliff it's all good everything, I buy is a non-runner lol

ER1C said:

I tried a single bolt.... planned 2 but could only get the hole for 1 drilled.

This was pulling the Delorean over a slight incline so not anywhere near LR weight.

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looks like you just got away with that before things started “pinging” around.

J