Tom,
The stock jack is very dangerous for the doors of your car. If you forget, or
don't know, about putting blocks ahead of and behind one of the tires to be left
on the ground the car is very likely to roll one way or the other once the car
is
up in the air. The jack in turn rotates the opposite direction along the door
and into the door, making a very large dent. Been there. Done that once, and
fought like !*#& the second time to prevent it. I plan to put a scissors jack
in
for normal driving. Maybe use the stock jack for show.
In the late 60's we used the jack to straighten the tubular frame of the race
car
I pulled wrench on. When the F104 Phantom calipers leaked in the seams and
doused the disks with brake fluid the only way to stop was to spin the car. We
spent a little time at Westwood or SIR straightening the frame, but always won
the race.
Tom
69 2000
Portland
Tom Duffy wrote:
> I don't have a copy of the owner's manual, so can someone explain
> how to use the standard jack that comes with the datsun roadster?
>
> There are the two jack points towards the front of the car near
> the door hings, so I put the jack into one of those, stood it on the
> spare wheel tie down disc and turned the crank handle. Just the
> front wheel came off the ground. I couldn't see any way to use this
> jack to raise the rear wheels.
>
> I know the stock jack isn't the safest one to use, but for emergency
> wheel changes, it does fit in the trunk nicely.
>
> Tom.
> Sunnyvale CA.
> 1968 SPL311
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