shingles

yes please!

Do you know of any "retro fit" lifts that can be used in house hold garages? Doesn't ahve to lift the car 3 feet into the air, but be nice to have something lift high enough so I can crawl under.

-Shing

jallen1217

When using a hydrolic jack, what contact point should I use under the front of the car to jack it up?

Big Al

Lots of folks have built small ramps out of lumber to give the car an additional 3 inches of ground clearance so a floor jack will fit under the front of the car. I used doubled 2 X12 lumber and it works well.

Gregg

http://www.s2000online.com/faqs/showfaq.ph...&threadid=19279

I saw a few on one of Speedvision's grease monkey shows this weekend, I think "Dream Car Garage." There was a crank model which raised the car about three feet and a hydraulic system that could raise the car about six feet.

DCG is on tomorrow at 8:30am

xviper

There is a jacking point under the engine right in the middle but you will need small ramps to get the jack to reach it because of the nose overhang. The rear one is the bottom side of the diff and this one can be reached without ramps. Of couse, there's the usually ones on each side (2 per side close to the tires under the rocker panels).

CoralDoc

Question - I have a Sears 3 ton jack and it does work very well for raising our car. However, lowering speed is very difficult to modulate. Lowering is accomplished by twisting the handle which turns some gears that bleeds out hydraulic fluid. In my old cheapo 1 1/4 ton jack, I could very gently lower the car. Now, with the 3 ton unit, the car comes flying down. Is there an adjustment for this?

Tim S2K

CoralDoc,

I don't have the manual in front of me, but there should be an adjustment. I just turn the handle very, very slowly.

CoralDoc

Thanks for the suggestion Tim, but that's not the problem. I've dissected the relief valve assmebly a bit and discovered it is sticky when being actuated. Thus, when I try to slowly and gently turn the handle to actuate the relief valve, it meets resistance. Then I have to turn it harder until all of a sudden the relief valve turns and the car drops.

I'll go visit Sears and see if this is normal for other jacks of the same model.

socal28

There isn't any floor jacks out there that are specially made for lowered cars? Meaning, more of a flat jack (not flap jacks ).

I actually bought a rally floor jack from Kmart the other day! I know it's a cheapy, but it seemed to do the job! I used it to install my coilovers. Don't know how long it will last though.

ReedZ

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