Stock Jack
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Today I used the 23 year old stock jack at the forward left jacking point to raise the vehicle to get at the starter so I could replace the old + - battery cables. I immediately put a jack stand and piece of 2x4 under the frame rail before I started to work. I removed the old and reinstalled the 2 new battery cables at the starter.
Before moving to the engine bay, I jacked the car up a little again, removed the jack stand, started to slowly crank her down and BOOM, the scissor jack collapsed. I mean, it just broke and it was like I was trying to bounce a lowrider
Thank God nothing and no one was underneath.
So even though (I thought) I was doing it the right way, something very bad could have happened.
DD
Before moving to the engine bay, I jacked the car up a little again, removed the jack stand, started to slowly crank her down and BOOM, the scissor jack collapsed. I mean, it just broke and it was like I was trying to bounce a lowrider
Thank God nothing and no one was underneath.
So even though (I thought) I was doing it the right way, something very bad could have happened.
DD
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vrrmmmmm
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Originally Posted by Mazda12AGS
I know this is gonna seem like a dumb question, but how exactly did you get the trans out when you can't get the car in the air.
Well OK if you insist on using the stock jack for anything but changing a tire, here's how you get the car up higher. Jack it up, put it on jack stands or place some 2x10x12 wood pieces under the tires (emergency brake well set), let it down, then put the jack on some more 2x10x12" wood and jack the car back up. You need to go back and forth from the passenger's side to the driver's side, taking it up a few inches each time.
Then you put some more wood under the tires or jack stand and repeat the process. You'll get about 3" higher each time you repeat this process and the car will be reasonable well supported, as long as you don't go too high. You can do the same thing with a floor jack if it doesn't lift as high as you need to.
But most important, before you even put your big toe under that car, remove the jack (it could fail unexpectedly, as described in some of the earlier posts) then put your hip on each fender and shake the **** out of that car to be sure it can't slip off those blocks.
Being a cheap *** like yourself, I use this method when I'm too proud to go over to my neighbor Bobby's house and do it right using the jacks in his garage, but I don't recommend it. Even if you survive, the stock jack can be hard on the lift points on the body on these old cars. And at best it's a lot of work, at least twice as much trouble as using a proper floor jack.
Good luck, sounds like you'll need it.
Ray
Then you put some more wood under the tires or jack stand and repeat the process. You'll get about 3" higher each time you repeat this process and the car will be reasonable well supported, as long as you don't go too high. You can do the same thing with a floor jack if it doesn't lift as high as you need to.
But most important, before you even put your big toe under that car, remove the jack (it could fail unexpectedly, as described in some of the earlier posts) then put your hip on each fender and shake the **** out of that car to be sure it can't slip off those blocks.
Being a cheap *** like yourself, I use this method when I'm too proud to go over to my neighbor Bobby's house and do it right using the jacks in his garage, but I don't recommend it. Even if you survive, the stock jack can be hard on the lift points on the body on these old cars. And at best it's a lot of work, at least twice as much trouble as using a proper floor jack.
Good luck, sounds like you'll need it.
Ray
Last edited by ray green; Sep 2, 2006 at 08:28 AM.
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