Oil Change help!!!!!!!
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Melting Slicks
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Oil Change help!!!!!!!
Ok I like to change my own oil. I have on all my vehicles (including bikes, boats, ect) but now I am in a dilemma. My car is lowerd so I can't get a floor jack under it. I called my local muffler shop & he said he would charge me $15. to change the oil using my oil & filter. No sweat but He cant get it up either( the car you perverts). It wont fit on the 4 post because the post are too long, it won't go on the drive up because the front will scrape real bad & I don't want to repaint the front or need any f-glass cracking. His floor jack is the same as mine. What to do. I have heard of ramps that will accomidate a vette but a lowered vette? I called one of those "jiffy pit" places as a last result & they want $28 to change the oil using my oil.........I just don't like those places........and I think $28 for some one to overtighten my filter & oil plug (you guys who DIY oil know what I mean) is too much to pay..........HELP!
Burning Brakes
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This is so easy it's not even a challenge. Get the car up in the air on el-cheapo home-made ramps high enough that the jack will go under. Try this -
http://www.z06vette.com/diy_lift.php
Or, make some modified Mike Mercury ramps -
http://mikemercury.home.att.net/ramp.htm
http://www.z06vette.com/diy_lift.php
Or, make some modified Mike Mercury ramps -
http://mikemercury.home.att.net/ramp.htm
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Whatever you do, DO NOT take it to a Jiffy Lube or similar oil change facility. They just don't take the time to do the job correctly. A Corvette needs to drain for quite a while to get all the oil out (I usually let it drain for at least 20-30 minutes).
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Melting Slicks
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This is so easy it's not even a challenge. Get the car up in the air on el-cheapo home-made ramps high enough that the jack will go under.
This is what happens when you don't think & concentrate on the frustration & not a solution. Thanks guys..........I must be brain dead today...........
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I'm not being argumentative, Just curious. Whether lowered or not, from the picture if you back up onto the ramps the race ramps (front) would have to be placed under the car (behind the front wheels) I don't see how this is possible given the cars rocker area distance to the ground. Other than me not understanding the mechanics of that problem, the 4 ramp deal looks good.
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Whether lowered or not, from the picture if you back up onto the ramps the race ramps (front) would have to be placed under the car (behind the front wheels) I don't see how this is possible given the cars rocker area distance to the ground. Other than me not understanding the mechanics of that problem, the 4 ramp deal looks good.
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As you can see from my picture above I did not use any wood because my car is set at the stock ride height. A lowered car would need a piece of wood in front of the race ramps so it would clear the body panel behind the front wheel. By the way the Race Ramps Roll Ups were designed to just clear the body of a stock ride height car. The only caveat with using the 4 ramp system is to make sure the floor is not smooth, the race ramps won't slide on a smooth floor but the Rhinos will. That is why I did it on the front cenent pad where the concrete is "roughed". 