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From: Built_Well on 1 Nov 2007 00:25 Scott in Florida wrote: > I finally got a decent jack and it makes a world of difference > compared to using the car's jack. ======== Nice to hear you got a good jack too. Tell us a little bit about yours. I've gotten into floor jacks lately, and would love to hear its lifting range, manufacturer, weight rating, and any other neat features that come to mind. Did I mention mine's got a padded saddle and the Speedy Lift feature that brings the saddle up to the chassis in a single pull-down of the lever. It's swell! Speedy Lift is a registered trademark, so Michelin must think highly of it. I can't say, though, if Michelin owns the trademark. They may just be licensing the technology and/or name.
From: Ray O on 1 Nov 2007 00:44 "Built_Well" <built_well_toyota(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:47295175$0$68456$892e0abb(a)auth.newsreader.octanews.com... > > Ray O wrote: > >> Noises are difficult to identify without hearing them first hand, but >> creaking noises would make ME nervous unless you are lifting from a >> suspension component or axle. > ======== > > Well, I lifted exactly where the manual instructs. The center > front-end lifting point is found just after the protective plastic > cover. The point is in the middle of a really thick beam that spans the > width of the car. > > I only heard the soft, quiet creaking noise for one or two seconds as > the car just began to rise, so I think everything's alright. > > Thanks for that tip about having somebody watch over me in case > the unthinkable happens and the jack stands fail. I can't tell you > how nervous I was going underneath the car today, but I did > it. I just hope this isn't how I buy the farm. Yow! You really > place your life in your hands when you go underneath the car. > I didn't realize how much so until today. > > Are there things for which you, personally, spend a lot of time under > the car? If yes, what? Oil changes must not require long stays > underneath the vehicle, and rotating tires doesn't require one to go > underneath. I don't really spend much time under cars other than oil changes any more because I haven't had to. The last time I spent more than 5 minutes under the car was to change replace a power steering cooling line on a friend of a friend's '94 Bonneville and that took a long time because I replaced it with an aftermarket part. The little old lady who owned the car didn't have the money to fix the car so I footed the bill for parts, and I didn't feel like spending over $500 for an OEM power steering cooler on someone else's 13 year old car. > By the way, I took another look at that '08 Camry Solara SLE on display > at Sam's Club. It has the 2AZ engine, which is the same as > my '06 Camry LE. Yet the oil filler cap of the Solara says it can take > 5w-*20* and 0w-20 oil, which is different than the 5w-*30* that the '06 > Camry takes. > > I wouldn't put a 20-weight oil in my car, but, like I've said before, > I would possibly consider a 0w-30 in place of the customary 5w-30. > What do you think is going on? If 5w-*20* is okay for the 2AZ engine > in the '08 Solara, why wouldn't it be okay in the same 2AZ engine in > the '06 Camry? > 5W-20 is probably OK to you in your car, but rather than obsess about it and start a long thread about something where we will never know a definitive answer and waste everyone's time, I'd just stick to what the factory said to use. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Steve B. on 1 Nov 2007 01:03 > Thanks for that tip about having somebody watch over me in case > the unthinkable happens and the jack stands fail. I can't tell you > how nervous I was going underneath the car today, but I did > it. I just hope this isn't how I buy the farm. Yow! You really > place your life in your hands when you go underneath the car. > I didn't realize how much so until today. Having someone around is good advice. You should also give the car a good shake before you go under it. If it is going to fall better it fall while you are shaking from above than shaking from below. Personally I won't go under a car with only a jack stand holding it up. I either have the jack and a jack stand holding or I put a tire under there too. Even then I don't like to be under there and get my business done as quick as I can to get back out from under it. Steve B.
From: Built_Well on 1 Nov 2007 02:31 Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote: > For automatic transmission vehicles, Park should be sufficient to lock the > front wheels from turning, parking brake should be sufficient to lock the > rear wheels from turning. ======== I had been really busy the past 4 days, and so didn't have much time to post. However, when some free time finally opened up yesterday, the first thing I did was get the floor jack from Sam's and lift the car onto stands. Daniel, I can say that placing the drive selector lever in Park in an automatic transmission car was /not/ sufficient to keep the front wheels from turning. They turned quite freely, in both forwards and backwards directions while the car was in the air.
From: Noozer on 1 Nov 2007 02:35
> Daniel, I can say that placing the drive selector lever in Park in an > automatic transmission car was /not/ sufficient to keep the front wheels > from turning. They turned quite freely, in both forwards and backwards > directions while the car was in the air. You were able to turn them both at the same time, in the same direction? |