Hello,

I'm going to do some service under my 914 and was wondering the safest possible place to jack the car up in the center so I can put jack stands on the corners.

I'm still learning again after thirty years away from the model. Thanks!!

Steve

I jack mine up using the donuts and place 8x8s under the tires.

I've also jacked under the front engine mounts but not for very long.

I jack under the donuts and put jackstands under the rear trailing arms.

Otherwise you can put boards from front-back in a small channel along the "longs" and support under that.
I have put jackstands directly under the donuts with softeners, but unless you have some of those nice stand-top caps to keep the donut centered, it just never seemed stable enough.
I used old shoes...:0

Another tip I have used is that once you get the car way up on stands, you can put two wheels (with tires) stacked under the car "just in case".

You can also jack up the trailing arm at the shock and put stands under the donuts.

This is how I do mine.

I use a 2-post car lift
I only lift from the donuts, I use hockey pucks so I don't scratch anything.

Thanks all! It's given me more food for thought.

I gave my 2-post up for my sanity after the divorce.

Too old and lazy for jack stands anymore! Just align the arms with the four donuts in the corners.Click to view attachment

Looks good George!

That lift is really cool. Does it lock in place when its up? What's it like pulling a motor?

I jack it up from the center of the engine bar and put stands on the donuts for the rear if I am doing all four off the ground I go from the suspension "knuckle" just under and back from the front bumper, then stands under the front donuts
think I read here or somewhere those were safe spots

cjl

The motor mount bar on a sideshift 914 is held from moving upward by a total of four M8 bolts. (Two on each rubber outboard mount.) Not what I would trust to hold the whole weight of the car. It does work, but I figure using that is just asking for trouble.

You may be able to put the saddle of the jack under the bottom of the trailing arm. If you have a rather tall jack, you may be able to lift on the outboard pivot for the trailing arm.

You can also lift on the donut, and put a jack stand under the trailing arm pivot. Assuming that gets the car high enough for your purposes.

You can even use the stock jack point, if yours isn't too badly rusted...

--DD

............only for the paranoid:

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Dual setup using Walmart el cheapo RV "stabilizer".

I cut a donut on both sides of scrap 2x4 to catch the 'donut' on one side and the tension disk on the stabilizer.

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Regular jack stand sharing weight on engine support crossbar.

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oops.....pushed attach too hard

........you get the idea

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At times and in a pinch I've used the trans as a jack point. Not that I recommend it...

Pelican sells a plate that you insert into the standard, middle jack point and then you slide your floor jack under that and go for it. That's what I use. I attached a small piece of wood 2x4 to the metal circle plate that the floor jack hits so that my floor jack can bite into it instead of having the "slippery" metal to metal.

My problem now is my 10 year old Craftsman floor jack no longer raises the car as high: poor hydraulics/leaky oil or something! Anybody know how to fix an old jack

Original poster - I also use the plate that fits in the jack post on the rocker panel then support the car on jack stands under rear trailing arm at the pivot end where it attaches to the chassis.

Chris - curious what responses you get to this question. I recently retire a floor jack for the same problem. I wasn't able to find a cost effective rebuild solution and ended up replacing it with a jack from HF when they had their Labor Day sale.