There isn't much clearance under the car and even a trolley jack and axle stands don't make enough room to work under it. Proper car lifts cost big money but I'm willing to have a go and make something. What would you suggest I copy, sorry, take inspiration from?
Few ideas on here?
Just got my copy of this months PPC mag through post, and they have a review of about 6 different ones should be in shops Thursday
If its for a 7 or other light car (with a flat bottom) have a look at the lifts used for sevicing motorcycles, basically a flat table on 2 hinged
frames that can be raised by a jack
Cheers
Fred W B
There's a place that does second hand stuff for not much money
Cant remember the name of it
Would it be cheaper to make or to buy something like this ?
or this:
Or a pair of big ramps for £25 here
It would be a challenge to make them yourself cheaper!
Nice suggestions. The car is too low at the front for ramps but the big long ones with trolley jacks are interesting. I was thinking of cannibalising a trolley jack for the mechanism and fitting it to something that will raise the whole car and by a decent height.
I use the two ton engine crane i bought to put the engine in, made a lifting beam from old angle iron, use web straps on the roll bar. i can then lift it onto stands at a good working hight.
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How about this
Jacko
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Originally posted by Dave Ashurst
Would it be cheaper to make or to buy something like this ?
I use an alloyracing jack from machine mart. I goes under a treat and then use axle stands for safety. Be carefull making a diy system as it could fail on you.
quote:
Originally posted by Chaddy
I use the two ton engine crane i bought to put the engine in, made a lifting beam from old angle iron, use web straps on the roll bar. i can then lift it onto stands at a good working hight.
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Extend the arms and bolt to the garage wall 
[Edited on 25/6/11 by mark chandler]
There are tilting ones you can get, one guy on a MX5 forum I go on had one. It lifted to a good height but also tilted - sounded quite expensive to buy but maybe a worm drive for the tilting bit might work (somehow)
How about 'tube stands' like the rally boys use - you will need to weld a tube to your chassis (in rally cars its a tube welded into the
sills) and the stands have a 'pin' that slides into the tube. They don't look very substantial, but my next door neighbour has his
subaru rally car stood up on them so they'll certainly be strong enough for a seven.
I've put a picture in my archive cos I can't remember how to stick it in the message!
Regards
Hugh
I knocked this up the other day, goes under a treat, and levers enough access to then get a "proper" jack under. drawings available by
u2u
locost low jack
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/34/viewthread.php?tid=157532
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Originally posted by HowardB
I knocked this up the other day, goes under a treat, and levers enough access to then get a "proper" jack under. drawings available by u2u
locost low jack