Not a good idea to put a jack under the oil pan

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by JayG

Come on Jeff, you have been on this forum for a long time......

True, but I still see what is a bad idea as just that. We had a customer follow the so-called "advice" source quoted above, only they used a bottle jack without anything to distribute the load ("Hey, no one told me not to do that!"). You can just imagine what that sump cover looked like when the car was flat bedded into the shop. They were all kinds of pissed off both at the source, and us because we refused to "Just weld up the hole.", or slather JB weld over it.

We only fix stuff the correct way, no short cuts, or cheap outs. And after a while, you get tired of fixing things that should have never been damaged in the first place.

[jaykay]

Re trans mount change:

Okay, perhaps one loose trans mount at a time, with a couple 2x4s side by side (for load distribution) in between the jack and trans case (at the mount pick up section; same loaded section) is a reasonable "at your own judgement and risk" proposition

JFP I completely understand what you can recommend and what you need to stay away from.....

[jaykay]

Re trans mount change:

Okay, perhaps one loose trans mount at a time, with a couple 2x4s side by side (for load distribution) in between the jack and trans case (at the mount pick up section; same loaded section) is a reasonable "at your own judgement and risk" proposition

JFP I completely understand what you can recommend and what you need to stay away from.....

I may just get a support bar for near term airbox work/tinkering......which I know you are a fan of . Do you have a good Boxster specific one you use or think highly of?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by jaykay

Re trans mount change:

Okay, perhaps one loose trans mount at a time, with a couple 2x4s side by side (for load distribution) in between the jack and trans case (at the mount pick up section; same loaded section) is a reasonable "at your own judgement and risk" proposition

JFP I completely understand what you can recommend and what you need to stay away from.....

I may just get a support bar for near term airbox work/tinkering......which I know you are a fan of . Do you have a good Boxster specific one you use or think highly of?

Engine support bars are a "universal" tool, designed to work on as many engine bay types as reasonably possible. Two caveats are to make sure the bar adjusts wide enough to span the bay and pay attention to their load capacity. I have used the OTC Stinger bar for years, which can lift and hold up to 1100 pounds, and it works fine on these cars; but there are other good ones that are comparable to the Stinger at lower costs, and there are even three-point versions with even higher load capacities, sold by everyone from Horror Freight to Amazon: