Greg,

Great idea, but I'm fuzzy on where to locate the board accross the front when lifting the front of the car. Please advise...

-Skip

 

Look under the front of the car and put it on the floor of the trunk/boot. Just aft of where the lower part of the front bumper attaches to the car.

This picture might help.

 

FWIW, I have been using the front jack point to raise the front and putting the jack stand under the point at which the A-arms attach (the base of the A-arm, not the tip near the wheel). This way I jack the rear using the center of the engine, install the rear stands and then raise the front from one of the two front points and install the stands. The car gets up on 4 stands with two jacking operations.

 

I ripped a two by four into a triangular profile that just fits into the notch of the stand and rides just a little higher than the stand top. Using an eight inch length, it forms a nice bearing surface that rides across the jack plate area and offers good stability without marring the car's surface.

 

Thanks Greg...

-Skip

 

Greg,

I used your method and it worked very well. I never fell as comfortable jacking from side to side.
One word of caution though. If you are jacking from the front or back with a low profile jack, try to keep the jack in line with the vehicle. I found the car shifting to one side as I let the car down on my stands, if my jack was not online with the vehicle

Dave

 

Dave,
By "online" I take it you mean centered? If so then I agree completely. It is hard to not be centered when lifting from the engine but in the front you do need to pay attention.

 

Who'd a thunk such a mundane topic would spawn so much response...thanks everyone!

got it done, finished my first trans/diff fluid change.

tomorrow...an oil change in 20 degrees!