I want to jack my car up but I've noticed that there is one under the engine -central jacking point
Is it on the undertray on it? or is it near/on the engine
Can anyone locate it for me its an SE E87 pre lci
Does anyone have a good photo of it (jacking point)
I don't want to lift the car on its sump and break something so i thought I'd ask here before attempting
I think you are looking for the one in this picture, number 5. If you look from the front of the car, it's a good arm's length in, a square pad can be seen provided it has not been caught and knocked off. It sits in a recess of the tray so you can't really miss it.
I think you are looking for the one in this picture, number 5. If you look from the front of the car, it's a good arm's length in, a square pad can be seen provided it has not been caught and knocked off. It sits in a recess of the tray so you can't really miss it.
Oh no. I havent got either. Any other suggestions?
I've heard of jacking one side up,placing cinder blocks under wheel,lowering and repeating on the other side and then placing a jack stand on jacking point when supported by cinder block for a small period of time. Car will sit on jack stands.
The chassis pretty is rigid, if you lift it from the rear side jacking points you'll probably find you get enough clearance to get a stand under the front point.
The only officially safe places are the 4 side points, the front subframe point, and the rear diff casing.
I wouldn’t use cinder blocks, ever. They aren’t designed to take weight in that way, and they don’t fail slowly - they shatter and the car falls without warning.
I built a set of cribs to hold my car about 2’ off the ground so I could drop the gearbox, timber has gone up quite a bit since then though What’s the going rate for a set of ramps from Halfords?
Noted! Ramps go for about 35-50£ for a pair i assume. Last year I checked for the orange ones and they were around 28£ on sale, now they start at 40 or so quid in store and the lowest I saw them so far this year was 35.
Jack under one of the rear side points, lift until you can get a stand under the front point on the same side. Lower jack, front centre point should now be accessible?
Whilst the chassis is stiff I find side jacking, just to reach the centre jacking point, inefficient and a bit of a faff.
Drive the car on to blocks, slide the jack under the front central point, jack up and place your stands under the side points, remove front jack (for access).
Whatever you do, keep in mind that the car can move a little as the jack raises so be sure you account for that. You don't want the situation where raising the jack drags the car off other raised areas such as small blocks or ramps with no scope for travel. Look at it all before going under, does it look right or an accident waiting to happen.
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