Today i finished changing the oil and filter of my is250. It was a pain in the a$$ because i had to use the cars jack ( the one that in the trunk of the car) to lift the car high enough so i can slide my "low profile" floor jack under the car. The floor jack wasnt long enough to reach the jacking point of the car which is located in front of the oil pan. My question is, is there a better method of doing this? All the other cars i worked on has the jacking point under the radiator or around there. Thanks for your reply.

 

go to walmart, buy 2 rhino ramps.
then you can just drive up on them no need for jack.
if you ever do need to jack it further, you'd just drive up on the ramps, then use your floor jack on the lifting point before the pan.
i never trusted the car's jack for more than quick wheel change if absolutely had nothing else to use...

 

ramps. you can build your own if you want.

 

Here's what I use...

You build a cheap lil wood ramp

Get 2 pieces of wood that are a foot long
Get 2 pieces that are 2 feet long
Get 2 pieces that are 3 feet

Nail them down on top of each other so that it gradually builds up like a staircase

Super easy to drive up on... and if your car is lowered, I guess you can try a 4th piece of wood

When your on the top piece, use a floor jack

 

Thanks for the replies and good ideas. I do have a ramp but it is meant for trucks and raises the car almost 2 feet in the air. I might try the wood method as i have some laying around. How thick was the wood?

 

rhino ramps are the way to go. i would not trust that whimpy jack to hold our cars up. i'd be scared of it collapsing and killing me in the process.

 

Well this is a DIY Rhino Wood Ramp haha

Official measure... 2 by 6



2nd level allows me to get a jack under the car

 

Thats sweet. I am going to make one. Thanks for the help.

 

You can find floorjacks for lower cars. This is what I own.

http://www.amazon.com/Profile-Garage.../dp/B0034WGWR6

 

My floor jack is also low profile. The problem wasnt that it couldnt fit under the car, but that once it is under i dont have enough room to actually push/pull the lever to jack it up since the jackingpoit is so deep.

 

I use the same type of floor jack.

Idunno what jack point ure referring to, but i just jack it up by the frame, that bar right in the middle of the tires.

works fine everytime, no weird noises or scrapes

 

http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/...amps/index.htm

 

^^^ ya whatever haha