Can I change fuel filter, spark plugs and oil without jacking up the car?

[sasha055]

Originally Posted by 986FortyEight

Sounds like you are doing your 120K service!
I did the fuel filter with the car jacked up and it was still a PITA.
The fact that it is pretty much in the middle of the car made me kind of paranoid while I was under there.
+1 on removing the wheels for the spark plugs. You might want to check Pedro's garage for some guidance on changing the rings on the spark plug tubes. Mine were more flat than round. Check for oil on the spark plugs as an indicator.

It's actually 60K service. I just bought my 2000 boxster and it has 65K on it.
I don't have any history on any maintenance performed so I want to do it myself.

When you say "it was a PITA" was it hard or just scary?

I'm not very car savvy and I'm a little paranoid about breaking something...

Funny thing.. it took me 2 hr to change oil on my lexus SUV because I double and triple check everything. It's funny how I use my 35k$ car as a training rat so I wouldn't break anything on my 8000$ boxster.. am I crazy?

I should've took a picture of me under the car with all the tool around me and a laptop with step by step instruction right by me

Thanks
Sasha

[landrovered]

You guys are looking at this ALL WRONG!

Each maintainance job you do on your vehicle is an opportunity to buy a new tool.

The money you save by doing it yourslef more than pays for the tool you need.

The longer you work on you stuff the more tools you get.

So go buy a floor jack and four jack stands and leave your wife's makeup mirror alone.

[jcb986]

Originally Posted by landrovered

You guys are looking at this ALL WRONG!

Each maintainance job you do on your vehicle is an opportunity to buy a new tool.

The money you save by doing it yourslef more than pays for the tool you need.

The longer you work on you stuff the more tools you get.

So go buy a floor jack and four jack stands and leave your wife's makeup mirror alone.

landrover is so right...first I bought my wife one of those mini vibrators and I have her wear it when I shop for tools. She smiles and says, "get what ever you want". You just need to please her first.

[Samson]

Originally Posted by landrovered

So go buy a floor jack and four jack stands and leave your wife's makeup mirror alone.

Hey... that's my neck hair trimming mirror.

I would have used jack stands and my floor jack, but it was one of those deals where I was already half way in when it dawned on me that perhaps the ramps, while the easiest and most stable solution, were not the best for this application. I blame homebrews.

[landrovered]

Kinda like the time I used a Hi-lift jack to change a tire on a Land Rover in the shop. Of course it fell off the Hi-lift, they are great for trail repairs but dangerous as hell on a cement floor. Then I tried to use a fork lift to lift the back of the Discovery off the brake disk and put one of the forks through the back window.

I should have gone in the house before the whole incident began.