Never thought of that. The wood box is the old standard for carrying wine bottles... It will hold up nothing. I used it to mock up the exhaust.Those jack stands are far too wimpy for my liking. I use the 6 ton stands, they are higher and the thin metal on those tubular ones scares the crap out of me at anything more than bottomed out,,, i'm glad you have a safety measure of a wood box though..always have a back up plan when under a car...
exhaust building on jackstands sucks.
If I am under a car even with 3 ton jacks I always slide a tire or a milk crate or something underneath or wood blocks under the tires that gives me an escape if the jack fails or falls. Those cheap tubular stands are only useful at their lowest setting. raising them high makes them much more risky. Your life is worth more than that. Those tube ones are made in China and the rating is dubious at best, Mine are also made in china but being rated for 6000 lbs, I can safely assume they will handle 1000. Always put something else under there to take the weight and clearance of the vehicle so you can get out.. even a log is good, or spare tire and some blocks.Never thought of that. The wood box is the old standard for carrying wine bottles... It will hold up nothing. I used it to mock up the exhaust.
The jack stands are 1 tonne and have an approval. But perhaps you are right and I should rethink this. When I started working on cars I didn't had trust in any jack stand or in my experience placing them right. I'm always shacking the car to check if it has a good stand.
I have also a set of ramps, which is my preferred method of getting the car up.
Yes, this are the 289 exhaust manifold from a 66 mustang.That exhaust manifold is so tight, wow. Those are the 66 style right?
oday I tried to get my tire/wheel combo on my 66 approved by german TÜV...
After 20 minutes all 4 inspectors where looking at the car. And after they loaded 6 heavy sandbacks into the trunk and two inspectors where also pushing the car down they said the tire is rubbing at the rear fender
Just to get it right... I'm driving like this for around two years.
On the other hand if I'm involved into a crash I can get in big trouble if it is not approved in the papers.
The good thing is the fenders on the front are already rolled before i bought the car and the inspectors are fine with the front. So lets buy a fender roller (about 30 from ebay) and try to not mess up the paint...
they can come off and will also clog everything.
I will start with that.I put a heavy chain, water and sand inside gas tank and rolled / swirled it around alot, before rinsing and using hair dryer to dry it inside.
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