On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, mark drillock wrote: > I think most of what you describe is due to the weight of the engine > being moved to the jack. The rear of the Vanagon is then lighter on the > rear suspension and the body creeps up. I bet you're right. Why that didn't occur to me, I don't know. Next time I'll put the van on jackstands first, to take the give out of the suspension. > No worry about the alloy oil pan getting damaged either. Right, I wouldn't be comfortable putting a jack under that pan. For what I was doing (removing the driver's side mount to get the exhaust manifold off) I used a bottle jack under the lifting ear that points downward at the bottom of the block. Still have to put that manifold back on, after taking care of problems with the pipe that's hopelessly stuck to it. This is not going to be fun. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To accept selfishness as an all-purpose excuse for |___/ mistreating others is to reject the whole idea of right and wrong." -- Richard Stallman |
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