I also use 4" x 2" ramps, about 3 feet long, cut at an angle, so I can get a
trolley jack under the car.
Here's my tip - if you attach some old carpet under the 'ramp' - on the
approach side - say 18 inches long - you'll find that you can more easily
drive onto the ramps without the ramps having to be anchored, or being
'pushed' forward....
Best
Chris
www.myaustinhealey.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Endicott" <mark@nashvilletn.org>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: Jacking the Healey
> There is a real simple way to increase rear clearance for a jack, drive
> the
> car on a couple of pieces of 2 X 10 and you can get another 1.5 inches.
> This
> was enough to get a jack under my 100 even with new rear springs. I got a
> little fancy and cut a 45 on one end and put a piece of 2 x 2 on the other
> end
> to act as a stop.
>
>
> Mark
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Awgertoo@aol.com
> To: rrengineer@dslextreme.com ; bighealey@charter.net
> Cc: lmairs@sagcorp.com ; healeys@autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Jacking the Healey
>
>
>
> Until I got new rear springs if I wanted to raise the entire car I too
> used
> to have to use the two-step method described by John Sims, rasing the
> front
> a
> bit, then jacking the rear, then coming back to the front.
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