Jacking up the car - to a good height ???

[stuart wizy]

get the front wheels on your ramp an get yourself 8 solid concrete breeze block. 1 block is 200mm thick keep jacking the back end up and place 1 block at a time under back wheels, let car down and jack back up again using jack sat on 2 breeze block lengthways, keep jacking til u get how high you want, make sure ground is flat where your blocks are sat.
dont lie under car whilst jacking.
 i lifted a nissan cabstar 2 feet of the ground using this method to weld chasis up once!
you could alway put 2 axle stands under back end for extra safety
DONT use thermalite block or hollow block !

[grinder]

i like the advice so far chaps

i know about not being under a car when jacking it up - im always over careful when doing it these day

so that plan so far is

1 - get front on ramps ( easy )
2 - jam the front wheels so they dont move
3 - see if i can get a jack under the diff
4 - jack up
5 - block it up
6 - jack up
7 - block it up

the only real prob here - is that the diff is really low down when the front end is really high ...

and i see your point about putting stands under the back aswell - thats a good idea

if i could get it to a nice level height - then im tempted to get it so high and see if i can stand the back on ramps - as they are nice and wide

like i said - not sorted a clutch yet - this is just real forward planning

keep up the ideas though

[kev-yorks]

I would advise not to jack under the diff Stu as when the weight comes of the suspension thats when the wheel will try to slide inwards see a couple of posts back. if you jack under the wishbones your keeping a more or less constant load on the suspension and won\'t encounter this problem.
Kevin