<div dir="ltr">I just use a piece of wood that fits across the rear crossmember. I've never jacked using the diff.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Keith Mott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mottman55@gmail.com" target="_blank">mottman55@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This is really surprising to me.  I have always lifted cars by putting a floor jack under the differential, and I have never had a problem nor have I heard of any problem with the practice.   I suppose it could be something specific to Mustangs, but all you have to do is lift a Healey axle housing (even without the differential) to realize that it's pretty solid.  I can't believe this is a common problem for all cars, and definitely not for a Healey.<div><br></div><div>I CAN see that putting all the pressure on the drain plug at the bottom of the differential housing could be a problem.</div><div><br></div><div>But, of course, now I'll worry about this the next time I jack up my Healey.  Thanks Bob...  :)</div><div><br></div><div>keith</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Bob Spidell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">Thought about posting this to shop-talk, but I suspect there's more general car knowledge here.<br>
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I believe my Mustang manual has admonitions against jacking the rear by placing a floor jack under the rear pumpkin.  I've jacked-up Healeys this way for years, but the Healey axle housing is a single chunk of iron; the Mustang probably has thin-wall tubes from the pumpkin to the wheels.  Theoretically, you could bend the thin-wall tubes, but I've done it a few times with no noticeable issues.<br>
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