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Old Dec 25, 2021 | 02:56 AM
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Oil Drain - GTS - custom pan on 4 poster lift

In order to be able to use my 4 poster lift to drain the engine oil of my GTS and it's of center located dry sump oil reservoir drain plug I had to customize my drain set up.
Hereby some pictures and notes of how it went, I'm pleased with the end results.

Merry Christmas to all!

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Old Dec 25, 2021 | 08:14 AM
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There's a drain plug for the dry sump reservoir?
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Old Dec 25, 2021 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by PropDyn
There's a drain plug for the dry sump reservoir?
Yes. Item #270

Drain plug location and part #


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Old Dec 25, 2021 | 03:09 PM
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Great plate and thanks Hendrik for your many helpful posts. Merry Christmas.
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This is awesome - side question - what’s the height of the ceiling in your garage? I’m contemplating doing a 4 post lift or similar in the future so I can stack my S2k on top of the gts and have more garage room (or another car though my wife would flip out lol).
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Old Dec 26, 2021 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 4wheelz
This is awesome - side question - what’s the height of the ceiling in your garage? I’m contemplating doing a 4 post lift or similar in the future so I can stack my S2k on top of the gts and have more garage room (or another car though my wife would flip out lol).
The ceiling height is only 9 ft no stacking for me, however I did build me a rolling chair longtime ago when I only had a "MAXJAX" in our previous house (the seat height is hydraulically adjustable with LED light) it's made from a HF transmission jack and a HF creeper that I cut up..
It makes it very comfortable to work under need the cars.

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This is awesome - side question - what’s the height of the ceiling in your garage? I’m contemplating doing a 4 post lift or similar in the future so I can stack my S2k on top of the gts and have more garage room (or another car though my wife would flip out lol).
4Wheelz: I have a 10ft ceiling and I am able to get our Z8 (52" Height) and our AMG GTR (50" height) on it. Make sure the lift you buy has at least 13 safety lock setting so you can adjust for heights of cars. I use 1 setting for when the Z8 is on top and another when the R is. I use a Bendpak HD-9. Kevin
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Old Dec 27, 2021 | 01:06 AM
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H, love that chair. It just needs a beer holder.
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We have a 10 1/2 foot ceiling and that seems to work very well. Make sure that you have clearance from the garage door opener to the back of the garage in order to accommodate the car.

I always back the car onto the ramp so that it stays out of the way of the garage door when it's o

The opener just clears the front of the car.
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