my DIY engine rebuild

[healthservices]

Originally Posted by healthservices

Biggest issue with putting it on a jackstand that high is how will you get it to that height?

you could always...



That thing looks like it is ready to slide off....

[flaps10]

Bootleg,
You don't need circus freak jack stands. As healthservices points out, it will be your floor jack that has difficulty.

I put the jack stands at the jack points for the car. Since they are ahead of the rear wheels that puts the back bumper really high as is.

With my harbor freight jack stands on the second or third notch the car is high enough to drop the transmission and pull it out from under the car - no bumper removal needed.

When it came time to slide the engine out, i put the floor jack ahead of the jack stands and lifted at the rolled body seam (it is a rigid vertical flange) and used a block of wood between the seam and my floor jack. Lift one side, extend the jack stand two more clicks then go to the other side. Rinse, repeat.

That car in the pic is WAY higher than my car ever got.