Getting A Car In The Air...

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Hi guys and girls.

Im having a problem with my project, i only have a small garage to work on and strip down my car.

currently i need to get the car as high as i can so i can work underneath, drop the tank clean all rust ect and replace an inner sill.

Has anyone get any ideas as to how i can get the car in the air? i have axle stands but obviously can only get to a certain height.

and i cant use axle stands on the rear as one sill is rotten and cant hold an axle stand. and i need to work on one sill.

 

Ive looked at them tilt ramps on ebay for about £300 that i may be able to tilt the rear end up high enough but then i dont know if i would have access to dropping the tank.

 

Any help would be appriciated.

[welshpug 1,666]

Tilt ramps lift on the jacking points!

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

oah poo

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

would this fit in a normal sized garage? would be ideal!

[pug_ham 245 3 Cars]

How high do you want it off the ground?

 

You can support the back end with the axle stands on the beam tube instead of the sill & the front can go under the subframe, assuming you still have these parts fitted.

 

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[james_pug 26 1 Cars]

Get some big axel stands, I bought a pair of 6 tonne ones for about £20 off eBay when I did the underside of mine they were plenty high enough it was just a pain getting the Car on and off them I used a large bottle jack and various chunks of wood.

 

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

I used to have an escort cabriolet that i restored from a bare shell, had the same problem - small garage no bloody room tools all over blah. I resorted to using steel rims with no tyres on em and long fence posts to see-saw the shell. It was perfect for my needs.

[c_robinson 8 1 Cars]

not an ideal technique and takes a lot of fettling to get sturdyness but you can stand the axel stands on breeze blocks (1,2,3 depends how brave you are)

 

i've got mine up at the moment and the fronts are on the chassis tube that sits slightly lower than the floor probably 10 inch in from the sills, and on the rear beam tube

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

some big axle stands would be ideal! ive searched ebay cant really find any big ones, really annoying to be fair. just want it as high as i can get it really so im not struggling under it

was thinking of getting one of them car spit things so i could turn the car upside down but im not sure theres enough room to tilt in inside the garage

[welshpug 1,666]

not sure where you've been looking, but I found a thousand axle stands on ebay, I would avoid if possible propping them on any breeze blocks as they can crumble, just nice tall ones to start with

 

like these

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-Duty-Axle-Stands-/110981762193

 

or these

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-duty-axle-stands-4-Height-45cm-and-extends-to-73m-/150956668535

 

or even these beasties

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-12-Tonne-Axle-Stands-Draper-54722-/380251004002

[james_pug 26 1 Cars]

eBay item number 260575785088 I'm fairly sure they are the ones I've got. I managed to drop the tank on mine and paint all the underside easily enough.

[c_robinson 8 1 Cars]

not sure where you've been looking, but I found a thousand axle stands on ebay, I would avoid if possible propping them on any breeze blocks as they can crumble, just nice tall ones to start with like these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-Duty-Axle-Stands-/110981762193 or these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heavy-duty-axle-stands-4-Height-45cm-and-extends-to-73m-/150956668535 or even these beasties http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-12-Tonne-Axle-Stands-Draper-54722-/380251004002

 

you must be tight when buying block Meirion, no crumbling in mine!

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

cheers guys, just after posting that i typed in 6 ton axle stands and found them, them 12 ton ones would be ideal!

[2-Pugs 57]

I am seriously considering getting one of these

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330842273566?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

For exaclty this reason too - I'd like to be able to get my car much higher so I can do more work, more easily underneath, it and my wallet and garage space does not permit a 4-post lift at circa 2 grand.

 

Look at the last pic of the Golf cabrio on the eBay ad! Looks hairy but must presumably be safe. There's also a YouTube video of a bloke using one:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekXyp4vpoYw

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

yeah i want one of them, would be ideal for service work too, ive made an axle stand now to support the rear end,

It was a small axle stand, ive welded a 3mm thick steel tube i had laying about from my old landrover in the middle of it

 

 

With the rear beam removed there is hadly and weight to the rear you can pick the back of the car up! so with this sitting under the boot floor support its doing the job well!

[HERMAN 33]

^{Load of bricks and a plank to tie the 2 sides together.}

Edited December 29, 2012 by HERMAN

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Sod that id never trust bricks piled that high even if they were cemented in

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

Sod that id never trust bricks piled that high even if they were cemented in

 

Says the bloke that is probably living in a brick built house...

[Slo 283 1 Cars]

Well I dont as it happens and if I did I wouldnt be balancing cars on it

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Are them bricks actually cemented together?

[PeterGriffin 20 1 Cars]

yeah i want one of them, would be ideal for service work too, ive made an axle stand now to support the rear end,

It was a small axle stand, ive welded a 3mm thick steel tube i had laying about from my old landrover in the middle of it

 

 

With the rear beam removed there is hadly and weight to the rear you can pick the back of the car up! so with this sitting under the boot floor support its doing the job well!

 

Please have it load tested.....

 

....please....?

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

I'm with Peter here. That looks like a cheap mild steel stand you have used as a base. I can see areas of weakness from here!

[johniban 59 1 Cars]

Its not holding any weight at all, its only basically balancing the back end on it, the front of the car is still on the floor, its not holding and weight, i can lift the back end of the car thats iit holiding with one hand

[2-Pugs 57]

Well, at the very least please wear a crash helmet when you're under there then :-p

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

I am seriously considering getting one of these

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330842273566?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

 

 

If you do, please let us know how you get on.

This could save me digging that pit I've been meaning to dig!