Is this a 1:1 basement or a 2:1 basement?? 1:1 Put car mid-hatch, pick up to shorten ropes and slack cables on machine make a holder for new cable reels outside hoistway door marry one cable on cwt side and pull old cable out while letting tail go in a barrel in the car .. when new cable reaches car, secure both ends (car and cwt) try to not let loose tail go off reel and up the hatch Repeat as necessary,