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I have a yellow 66 that gets its oil changed with Race Ramps. I can't say enough good things about these things. I set them up and then drive on and up. The car is safe and solid making it easy to work underneath.
Use a soft wood block, like a short piece of pine 2 x 4 on the jack puck, and jack it up on the center cross member, a little bit forward of the lateral centerline so the vertical member of the cross member carries most of the load. Place jack stands under the lower control arms or the jack points on the frame rails shown in the owner's manual and lower it onto the stands.
From: I'm not doing as well as I expected, but I never expected I would
Originally Posted by MaineDoc
I have a yellow 66 that gets its oil changed with Race Ramps. I can't say enough good things about these things. I set them up and then drive on and up. The car is safe and solid making it easy to work underneath.
Use a soft wood block, like a short piece of pine 2 x 4 on the jack puck, and jack it up on the center cross member, a little bit forward of the lateral centerline so the vertical member of the cross member carries most of the load. Place jack stands under the lower control arms or the jack points on the frame rails shown in the owner's manual and lower it onto the stands.
Yes, that's best for the refill to get the level exact but the car can be backed off the ramps for the final top off....
I'd reserver that last quart for that final step...
Or, if he has the Race Ramp rear wheel cribs he can get pretty close to level.
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; Jan 28, 2019 at 10:36 AM.
Sorry, Erv...no photos, but I've done it this way since I did the first oil change when the car was 3 months old. I followed the OE recommended oil change interval of every three months with a filter change every six. Actually, back then, before I had a hydraulic floor jack and jackstands, I lifted the front end on the front cross member with the spare tire jack, then lowered the tires onto some bricks, which gave me enough room to crawl under the car to open the drain plug and change the filter and gasket, but I wouldn't recommend that nowadays. A floor jack and jackstands is the way to go.
Just happened to put one of mine up yesterday. I too like race ramps. I always go up under the front crossmember.
The 2x fits right in between the lower bumper brackets.
Just happened to put one of mine up yesterday. I too like race ramps. I always go up under the front crossmember.
The 2x fits right in between the lower bumper brackets.
I have the same 2-piece ramps. Then I got lucky and came across 10” wheel cribs they were having on a scratch and dent sale.
I recently came across these at Goodwill when I was shopping for garage jeans. They appear to be brand new. They were marked at $30 each. A couple of weeks later they were marked down to $25 each. No idea if they’re still there.
Why would you spend the money on race ramps? These things have been around for over 50 years and I would think anyone that works on their own cars would have a set in their garage.
Well because I saw a pair of those collapse to the pavement overnight while holding the front of a car up....mine were yellow and I got them at WalMart and they were the same un-reinforced versions shown in that ad. Not even a tie bar across the bottom between the ramp and front vertical part...
I wouldn't crawl under the car sitting on those for love nor money...
Read some of the reviews where the angle is too steep to drive up on and they skid forward as you make your approach quite often...and flex when anything but a compact car sits on them...
Race Ramps are light, simply will not skid and safe as possible, I can also take the ramp portion off the rear and have unfettered access to the underside of the car and the long ramp is no problem for our low-slung Corvettes. They're strong and wide enough to hold the ***-end of my Tundra up in the air for easy Corvette loading along with the front of the trailer with the Corvette on it..
Pretty much covers it I think.
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; Jan 28, 2019 at 10:25 PM.
It doesn’t look like the sloped part of the ramp comes off on those like the Race Ramp model we’re talking about. That’s a huge feature because, like Frankie said, it allows you easy access under the car right behind the front tires.
