Having now got the car down off the stands - need a jack to get it back up onto axle stands!

Any suggestions of a sensibly priced one that is low enough to get under a seven?

Chris

I've not found a "locost" one that'll fit under the car, so we drive/push it up onto a brick first (now that's "sensibly priced" )

Same here. I have to drive mine onto a plank of wood or similar before I can get my trolley jack under it. You can get very low level jacks, but they tend to be an absolute fortune.

Might be worth checking out your local S/H garage equipment dealers for a British made Bradbury jack . Brought mine new in 1976 and still going strong , the jacks you get these days are made in China or Italy and won't last 5 minutes. If your car is too low to get jack under make a couple of "ramps" out of 2x4 .

Bottle jacks are a no-no with a Se7en....
I use a cheap trolley jack and haven't found a problem (but then my ride height is quite high)...

If you can weld why not make a rocker? Its just a bit of sheet metal with a bit of circular tube welded just after the middle and a bit of square section welded across the other end. You flip it over and put it on the floor- if you make it right it'll sit on the floor with the square section end held in the air and as you drive up the ramp it'll see-saw around the round section bit, the square section holding it off the floor. Easy to use (unless you've got a seriously slippery floor, gluing deck tape or wet+dry paper to the circular tube might help) and give you extra height to get the trolley jack under.....

i want to make a quick jack (F1 style) for my truck not sure of the best way though

Would one of these be any use. Its low enough to go under my seven.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj1250a-11-4-tonne-aluminium-trolley-jack/path/trolley-jacks-bottle-jacks-transmission-jacks

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Originally posted by blakep82
i want to make a quick jack (F1 style) for my truck not sure of the best way though

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you can buy ones that give 10" lift, at a price... £160 or thereabouts...


actually, having seen some pics of some on the internet, they shouldn't e too difficult to weld up

[Edited on 29/7/07 by blakep82]

I have a trick with the regular 2 tonne trolley jack is to remove the front two wheels, this takes about 1/2" off the height of the jack.

I've got a spare jack and i'm thinking of doing this and welding a 3mm plate on the front as a skid, this would save wrecking the garage floor.

Any thoughts ?

Got a cheapo Halfrauds 1.5 ton jack and it wont fit under - I use a long piece of timber as a lever to lift the front 2" and then nudge it under with my foot...

Yep I've used the Halfords one no probs. In fact I had to use a piece of timber as a shim between the jack and the chassis.

With the Porsche I normally position the trolley jack infront of the cross member, then lift the car by hand and nudge the jack forward with my foot.

I take the cup thing off my jack and it gets me another 1/2", it's only held on with an R clip and the jack fits under then.

how low is the average 7? like, whats the ride height?