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1. Re: TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 20:40:38 -0400; Been jacking it up on the pumpkin for 37 years. No problems yet. I made a fitted wooden block for the pad on the jack, so the pad edge doesn't bite anything. I also replaced the stock drain plug with; /html/triumphs/2000-09/msg00039.html (7,267 bytes)
2. TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 22:35:51 +0100charset="iso-8859-1"; Should one - or shouldn't one use the diff housing? This thread has cropped up before and I guess opinion will always be divided. Worth noting perhaps that in spite of the statement in the factory ma; /html/triumphs/2000-09/msg00066.html (7,119 bytes)
3. TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:51:00 -0500; I have not yet checked this in the books, because, frankly, I trust you folks more than the books anyway. I have learned this because the Lotus books are wrong and the "official" method of jacking ac; /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg01434.html (7,203 bytes)
4. Re: TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:18:04 EDT; Ok, help me out. I can't understand the value of the 2x4s as opposed to the risk involved in using them. Even good hardwoods can split, and I can only see the wood in this case providing a less stabl; /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg01453.html (7,772 bytes)
5. RE: TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:32:42 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; I personally use a piece of folded towel. Just to protect the frame from being scratched. Been there, not on any current car tank goodness, but I would agree it is something you DON'T want to experi; /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg01456.html (7,649 bytes)
6. Re: TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:38:19 -0600; One of our trainers was apparently witness to something even better than that... a 27,000 lb. bus coming off a lift from a height of about five feet, in the garage of a rather large midwestern custom; /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg01465.html (8,177 bytes)
7. Re: TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:51:34 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"; Ok guys, here's another jack (lift) story. I had just purchased a new 36ft Motorhome in 1988 (big bucks) and took it to the local Chevy dealer for some minor after delivery repairs. They did a lot of; /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg01469.html (9,229 bytes)
8. Re: TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:51:29 -0500; jackstand I hear folks say this, but I have been using pine 2x4 under cars and trucks for 35 years with no problems. A lot of those cars have been unibody, or had flimsy frames (Lotus frames are 16 g; /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg01474.html (8,756 bytes)
9. Re: TR4 jacking (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:55:37 -0400; Phil... The TR4 the factory shop manual specifically says to "raise the rear end using a trolley jack under the centre of the rear axle and place chassis stands under the chassis side members forward; /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg01490.html (7,874 bytes)

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