You want the vehicle fairly level when draining the oil, so driving up on ramps, assuming you have a level surface to work on, defeats that. Besides, there's plenty of room under an air-cooled Vanagon to dive under there and do the oil change. When I have used steel ramps under my vehicles, e.g., for an engine removal, I always back up on them. That way when you're ready to go, you just go, and don't have to stop to fish the ramps out from under the car. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Harper" <smugboys@INTRSTAR.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:47 PM Subject: Using a ramp
> The time has come for me to do the oil and filter change on my 1982 Westy > 2.0 liter. This will be the first time since I have owned it. I have two > steel ramps which I use when changing the oil in my Subaru Justy and a > Honda, both of which have front wheel drive. With both these cars I drive up > on the ramps. For some reason when thinking about the Westy I thought about > backing up on the ramps. But in looking at the situation it appears that the > ramps will fit in front of the rear wheels and clear the body which would > allow me to drive up on the ramps with the rear wheels. What is the accepted > or usual method of using ramps--behind the rear wheels or in front of the > rear wheels? Of course, I will also use 6 ton jack stands on each side as > well as blocking the front of the front wheels and set the hand brake. |
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