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> ALWAYS use Jack stands
Amphicar770
post Jun 23 2019, 02:29 PM
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Just a reminder to ALWAYS use Jack stands when working under your vehicles. Do NOT rely on your hydraulic Jack or tire Jack. One of my neighbors died under his mustang s few years back. Here is another local fatality.

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post Jun 24 2019, 09:29 AM
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Guilty as charged on this one

Ranger can do a oil change with out jacking up the truck
But 07 focus needs to be lifted on 1 side for oil change
I use a 3 ton jack for a half ton job as a kind of safety measure and my jack stands are harbor freight (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)
But i do still use them as a saftey catch
Going to switch to low profile ramps in the future


I helped my buddy do an oil change on his huge buick
La cross and it needed to be jacked up to access the bottom . just used the 3 ton jack ( and i was a bit nervous) but i guess a 1/2 ton focus will kill you just as quick as a 3 ton buick ......






Ive jacked up and jack standed the 914 only once to
Do the door close test . it passed
And 914 gets worked on at air cooled specialist
(never me)
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Amphicar770   ALWAYS use Jack stands   Jun 23 2019, 02:29 PM
Superhawk996   :agree: But let me go a step further Have a bac...   Jun 23 2019, 04:07 PM
mepstein   :agree: But let me go a step further Have a ba...   Jun 23 2019, 04:11 PM
Beach914   :agree: But let me go a step further Have a b...   Nov 29 2019, 06:39 PM
914 Ranch   Super Beetle tried to kill me, now I chalk any tir...   Jun 23 2019, 04:18 PM
buck toenges   Super Beetle tried to kill me, now I chalk any ti...   Jun 24 2019, 11:39 AM
burton73   Super Beetle tried to kill me, now I chalk any t...   Jun 24 2019, 11:49 AM
Superhawk996   Should also add - no cinder blocks - EVER! ...   Jun 23 2019, 04:21 PM
barefoot   Should also add - no cinder blocks - EVER! ...   Jun 23 2019, 07:56 PM
bdstone914   Should also add - no cinder blocks - EVER! ...   Nov 29 2019, 11:09 PM
barefoot   Should also add - no cinder blocks - EVER! ...   Nov 30 2019, 08:01 AM
SteveL   I don't trust the "tippyness"of jack...   Jun 23 2019, 05:02 PM
cali914   I don't trust the "tippyness"of jac...   Jun 23 2019, 08:30 PM
Ed_Turbo   Very unfortunate news. This is why I don’t have ...   Jun 23 2019, 05:31 PM
shane   Just today I went to slide under my teener that’...   Jun 23 2019, 07:48 PM
cuddy_k   pin-type stands too. avoid ratcheting ones...   Jun 23 2019, 08:47 PM
Cairo94507   You can never be too careful when you are about to...   Jun 24 2019, 07:05 AM
drem914   You can never be too careful when you are about t...   Nov 29 2019, 06:31 PM
mepstein   You can never be too careful when you are about ...   Nov 29 2019, 06:44 PM
drem914   [quote name='drem914' post='2766246' date='Nov 29...   Nov 29 2019, 10:00 PM
cuddy_k   Would this be the same for a QuickJack since it...   Nov 29 2019, 11:18 PM
jdamiano   There is a YouTube video that tests a story of a g...   Jun 24 2019, 07:42 AM
76-914   Or get a lift. It's a cheap insurance policy. ...   Jun 24 2019, 07:51 AM
iwanta914-6   I hate getting under cars, even to just do an oil ...   Jun 24 2019, 08:14 AM
bbrock   I hate getting under cars, even to just do an oil...   Jun 24 2019, 09:02 AM
ClayPerrine   Or get a lift. It's a cheap insurance policy....   Nov 29 2019, 07:05 PM
ericoneal   I've been jacking the car up, sliding ramps un...   Jun 24 2019, 08:33 AM
thelogo   Guilty as charged on this one Ranger can do a o...   Jun 24 2019, 09:29 AM
brcacti   I put mine up on the newer plastic type ramps, is ...   Nov 29 2019, 07:29 PM
Coondog   I have a Quickjack but also stick these under the ...   Nov 29 2019, 07:48 PM
Larmo63   Wheel chocks and Esco jack stands. I trust my lif...   Nov 29 2019, 08:24 PM
michael7810   I always use jack stands except the other day I fo...   Nov 29 2019, 08:32 PM
Coondog   Check out race ramps. raceramps.com   Nov 29 2019, 08:52 PM
bkrantz   And not just 1 jack stand, or any type. Besides g...   Nov 29 2019, 09:04 PM
RickS   For oil changes and clutch cable adjustments and o...   Nov 29 2019, 11:06 PM
RickS   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jp2DqnL3A1g Not a b...   Nov 30 2019, 12:41 AM


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