<VV> Jacking and Jackstands

[Bryan Blackwell]

Generally, if jacking the front only I jack under the front 
crossmember.  The rear I do under the rocker right at the door seam, 
however I agree that this is inconvenient at times.  What I really need 
to do is make a block to fit over the pinch weld, that would be best.  
Jacking under the trailing arms right at the shock mount on a late 
appears to work well, with a little care I think an early could go up 
the same way (I usually use a block of wood between the jack and the 
car no matter what).

With no power train you could jack the car right where the rear engine 
mount bolts up (*not* on the mount itself) but you'd need a pretty tall 
jack.  Really without the power train I'd think the box sections would 
be strong enough basically anywhere (assuming not rusted out).

--Bryan

On Sep 11, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Ian Harding wrote:

> If I jack my car using the jacking points, I can't put jackstands
> there.  So is it better to jack from some other point and use the
> jacking points for jackstands, or to put the jackstands somewhere
> else?