Jack goes on the pinch points, cars don't have a frame anymore. Once saw a guy put the jack under the floor board, left a nice hump but a hammer fixed that.
Now that there are no more jobs for teen aged boys at service stations, there'll be a lot more of this in the future....do they still teach auto shop in high school?....
Pinch points are NOT where to put the jack unless the jack is designed for it. Some cars have what passes for a frame farther in that can be used, but the best place to jack is somewhere on the subframe, lifting one corner at a time. Anybody that jacks on my pinch points will be sued for any and all damages.
And we was told we were an awful parents because we wouldn't let any of our children drive our vehicles until they proved to us they knew how to change the tires on said vehicle. They also had to prove they knew how to check all fluid levels and top them off if need be. And when Hubby stepped outside to do general maintenance they were expected to be there to do the grunt work.
I still think we did it right. The youngest daughter has bailed out her friends more than once by being able to change a tire or wire up a dragging muffler.
Does that make him a jackass?
ReplyDeleteJack goes on the pinch points, cars don't have a frame anymore. Once saw a guy put the jack under the floor board, left a nice hump but a hammer fixed that.
ReplyDeleteNow that there are no more jobs for teen aged boys at service stations, there'll be a lot more of this in the future....do they still teach auto shop in high school?....
ReplyDeletei kinda hope he was under there.
ReplyDelete2010 Mustang - store bought race car.
ReplyDelete(Their other car is a BMW).
The Amazon Prime box has the new muffler bearings that were about to be installed.
For all those moving parts in a muffler. Might fit the Johnson rod too. And don't forget to check that Spark-a-lator.
DeleteAnother reason to have a '79 K-20.
ReplyDeleteI think the owners manual says where to put the jack
ReplyDeleteThat's an expensive lesson to learn..
ReplyDeletePinch points are NOT where to put the jack unless the jack is designed for it.
ReplyDeleteSome cars have what passes for a frame farther in that can be used, but the best place to jack is somewhere on the subframe, lifting one corner at a time.
Anybody that jacks on my pinch points will be sued for any and all damages.
Yeah, no. If I did that to my ride (unlikely no matter how drunk-but never say never I ain't dead yet) I would not post it. But...Mustang ownerzz...
ReplyDeleteRace car? Pbbsst - as if.
ReplyDeleteYou see the piddly-ass brakes on the back of that thing?
My 95 Taurus had bigger discs in the rear.
Phil has an expression for just such situations:
SBD - Shit Bubba Did.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
And we was told we were an awful parents because we wouldn't let any of our children drive our vehicles until they proved to us they knew how to change the tires on said vehicle. They also had to prove they knew how to check all fluid levels and top them off if need be. And when Hubby stepped outside to do general maintenance they were expected to be there to do the grunt work.
ReplyDeleteI still think we did it right. The youngest daughter has bailed out her friends more than once by being able to change a tire or wire up a dragging muffler.