# How do I install car bits that I can't lift?

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [July 25, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399 "2013-07-25T00:35:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![the.trav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@the.trav](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/the.trav)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/1 "2013-07-25T00:35:09Z")

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So I’ve got a truck, I’ve got some new engines and steel plating I want to put in it, but I am not strong enough to get this stuff off the ground.

I tried parking next to the part and that doesn’t work either.

Is there a solution? or is my character doomed to the fate of inferior vehicular choice for life?

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**Author:** ![the.trav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@the.trav](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/the.trav)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/2 "2013-07-25T00:37:25Z")

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Oh… never mind, nearby parts can be installed… I simply hadn’t retrieved my welder from the trunk

:embarrassed:

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**Author:** ![vultures](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vultures/32/69_2.png) [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/3 "2013-07-25T01:47:23Z")

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It also works when you’re trying to accomplish something from the tree accessible with “&” and with “\*”.

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**Author:** ![TonicEngine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tonicengine/32/924_2.png) [@TonicEngine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TonicEngine)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/4 "2013-07-26T16:50:32Z")

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You can move too-heavy-to-lift objects with the ‘/’ menu, if they’re in a place where you can’t get your vehicle to them.

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**Author:** ![woflsipder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/woflsipder/32/90_2.png) [@woflsipder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/woflsipder)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/5 "2013-07-26T17:22:03Z")

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I can’t seem to be able to push refrigerators through open doors.

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**Author:** ![Otaku](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/otaku/32/27_2.png) [@Otaku](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Otaku)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/6 "2013-07-26T17:45:00Z")

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> [@woflsipder](#):
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> I can’t seem to be able to push refrigerators through open doors.

You cant push any furniture through open doors, because the furniture is too wide.  
(also it creates a floor bug in which the tile it is pushed onto is automatically floor, so you can theoretically place floor all over your yard if you could get a fridge out there.)

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/7 "2013-07-26T20:37:57Z")

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Pushing frniture through doors was fixed as of 0.7.x, so that’s another reason to upgrade 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rexels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Rexels](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rexels)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/8 "2013-08-02T01:33:54Z")

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I’m sorry if this is an old thread but I’ve got a similar problem. I just found this neat large electric motor and I plan on installing it on my car (it already has a normal gas engine), since it was too large to move, I tried parking close enough so that the vehicle interface detects it (it appears on green letter when I try to install it, so I guess it does), however, when I click on it, nothing happens. I got all the necessary tools and the equipment, but nothing happens when I choose to install it.

Also, how can I move stuff with the / interface? It says ‘‘It’s too heavy!’’ just like if I tried to move it normally!

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/9 "2013-08-02T04:31:33Z")

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Re engine: you need 12 or so Mechanics to install a second engine in the vehicle. If you’ve got the rest of the infrastructure for an electric car (storage battery, solar panels/minireactor & plutonium cells/helluva lot of personal batteries), the Large Electric Motor is more powerful and quieter than most gasoline engines, IIRC.

(Besides, gasoline pumps run dry. Solar power keeps coming…eventually.)

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**Author:** ![HeadWar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/headwar/32/2685_2.png) [@HeadWar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HeadWar)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-install-car-bits-that-i-cant-lift/2399/10 "2013-08-02T08:15:04Z")

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[quote=“Rexels, post:8, topic:2399”]I’m sorry if this is an old thread but I’ve got a similar problem. I just found this neat large electric motor and I plan on installing it on my car (it already has a normal gas engine), since it was too large to move, I tried parking close enough so that the vehicle interface detects it (it appears on green letter when I try to install it, so I guess it does), however, when I click on it, nothing happens. I got all the necessary tools and the equipment, but nothing happens when I choose to install it.

Also, how can I move stuff with the / interface? It says ‘‘It’s too heavy!’’ just like if I tried to move it normally![/quote]  
You can move objects directly from one square to another, and then (at least for me) weight is never taken into consideration. This way you can (with a little patience) move parts into a place where they are reachable for crafting.