Hi Noah -
I ran into the same problem with clearance and came up with another
solution:
I use the tire jack to jack the car up like I'm going to change the driver
side tire. This then gives me enough clearance to slide the floor jack
under the radiator and get at the cross bar. Once up I put the car on floor
stands set on each side of the jack. I reverse the process to get back down.
It takes a little work, but it keeps me from buying a second floor jack.
Happy driving!
Dylan Pedersen
'63 TR4
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Freeman, Noah
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:50 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Jacks
I was having the same jack clearance problems described, so I went to
sears just over the weekend...they had 2.25 ton jacks that had about 4"
min height, for $30...so I bought one. It just barely fits under the
front end of my slightly lower than stock TR4...basically, since these
cars are so light (1 ton), they dont need the bigger jacks, so you can
a) get cheaper ones b) find ones with lower min heights.
Id be happy to send a model #, etc if people need to find what I have...
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Noah Freeman
Brookside Capital/Bain Capital
111 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02199
v 617.516.2922 f 617.516.2910
nfreeman@baincap.com
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