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Re: Basic question
"Amy Andrews" <amyken@earthlink.net> wrote:
> OK, this is probably the most basic question you will get here, and
> I'm sure it will make most of you laugh, but here goes. When jacking
> up my Mustang to change the oil, what is the proper way to get the car
> up? Do you use the front cross member as the jack point, or jack up
> one side at a time? I have a floor jack and jack stands. Once the
> car is up, what is the proper position to put the jack stands? I know
> this is car care 101, but I really don't know the answers.
Amy, Sorry some people on here dont seem to be able to comprehend what
they read
Obviously YOU wouldnt use the jack from the trunk if someone paid you...I
do all my own work on my cars and think I've used a trunk-housed jack
once in the last twenty years.
That is why you have AAA or roadside from your Ins co.
You're right... jack under center of the crossmember, double chck it once
it starts to lift.
I then put stands under the subframes or the lower control arms at the
spring nests, depending on what I'm doing.
Even though I drive either clunkers or now-antique fox mustangs, I dont
use the jack-points for stands or jacking with the floor jack, either.
A tip... if you use the cheap stamped steel stands with the legs that
look like they were sliced lengthways, have someone grind the base of
each leg so they sit flat.... and use foot-square 3/4 plywood under them.
Esp if on dirt or asphalt.
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Yeh, I'm a Krusty old Geezer, putting up with my 'smartass' is the price
you pay..DEAL with it!
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