Early Ford V-8 Club Forum

FORUM RULES: Users agree to these Rules when using Forum.

The site administrator reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of the user agreement without prior notice to the user. It is the responsibility of the user to regularly review the terms of this agreement.

The user agrees to the following terms:

All information that you provide to us for your membership is correct.
You will not use your membership to spam, harrass, or exploit other members in any way.
Vulgar, Abusive, Racist and Sexist Language will not be tolerated.
Commercial-type sales postings will not be allowed.
No mass posting or flooding of the boards is allowed.
No Advertising of parts or cars; no Ebay or business/commercial ads (please use the "Classified" for ads Wanted or For Sale).
VIEWING MULTIPLE TOPICS ON SCREEN: You can choose to see more than 10 Topics at a time ... Log In and choose "Preferences" from the top bar on the Forum page. Scroll down and Change the "Default Topics Returned" parameter to 25 or 50, and save the changes. Since this setting is stored in your browser 'cookies' (if enabled), it seems to use that stored value even if you are not logged in. So, if you use a PC that you haven't logged into the forum from, the setting still seem to remain at the default.
EXTERNAL PHOTO LINKS ON FORUM: You can still use external photo links in your posts on the new forum. They follow the rules of any link in that they have to have the URL link qualified down to the full image file name (example: .jpg). The links will open in a new browser window, the same as an uploaded image attached to a post. Since an image attachment to any post does not display inline with the post, the results are the same. You can use multiple external links within a post. This link is from photos on a site from Don Clink's 'Deuce@75' albums:

http://donclink.com/deuce_75_1/images/dscn2950.jpg

Using links from photo sites such as Photobucket can help in "size" issue with uploaded attachment files. For best viewing in web browsers, photos should be around the 800x600 pixel range, and probably not more than 1024x768. Most cameras today store HUGE jpg image files, as the default settings are in the 7, 8, 10, and 12Mb image sizes. The image files that are then attached are very large, and the browser can't display the full image size without using the scroll bars. Use the re-sizing functions of your photo editing software to reduce the image to 800x600, which reduces the file sixe and the image load time in the browser. Don uses Google's free Picassa3 software, which is an excellent photo management product. All of the photo albums of the Deuce, Grand National, and Auburn that are links on the NORG site were built using Picassa's web creation functions. And it's free? (THANKS to Don Clink for the info!)
HOW DO I SHOW MY EMAIL ADDRESS ALONG WITH MY USERNAME? You can LogIn on the Forum, and select PREFERENCES. On this page Members can add optional information such as their City,State, Country; Occupation; Hobbies: list a Homepage; list AOL Instant Messanger Handle; Signature; "Make Email Address viewable to others;" and even change the number of Default Topics shown on a page. WHEN others click on your profile, they will see this information.

EFV-8 Club Forum / General Ford Discussion / car jacks

Reply to Discussion | New Discussion

<< previous || next >>

Posted By

Discussion Topic: car jacks -- page: 1 2

TomO

02-17-2020 @ 6:36 AM

reply profile send p.m.

Senior
Posts: 7243
Joined: Oct 2009

A bottle jack concentrates the lifting force in a small area, so I prefer a scissors jack or one of the lightweight racing jacks.

Make sure that any jack that you use has enough reach for the older cars and using a block of wood to increase the range is not the best practice, the wood can crack under the strain or slip out of position.

Some cars cannot use the axle as a jacking point to change a tire, the fender will not allow enough clearance to remove the tire unless the axle is free to drop. Examples are most of the 49-53 Fords and Mercurys, but some of the earlier cars will have the same problem.

A scissors jack made for an SUV will usually provide enough lift at the frame. Check your frame for lifting points and if you are forgetful, mark them.

I have a scissors jack that has two places for the handle, one for more torque and the other for speed. The one for speed is shaped to take a socket, so I use my impact wrench to operate it.

Tom

therunwaybehind

02-20-2020 @ 9:15 AM

reply profile send p.m.

New Member
Posts: 180
Joined: May 2019

My 1948 Ford in 1956 had no jack in the trunk so I bought a bumper jack from Western-Auto. It served me well for 20 years though it looked bad for the bumper to torque up so high on one side. I worried if I had been taught poor technique as a one-year-old when my father took a long series of black and white photos that was preserved in an album. I go through the full range of operations to fix a flat tire including jacking up the car with a bumper jack. Later, with a truck it had a screw post jack that had to be placed under the rear axle or front suspension. Now that I am a member of the earlyfordv8club I have the 1941-48 Ford book which has in the section for "TOOLS" various bumper jacks. I specifically see the 51A-17080-A4 jack & base in fig. B-16 on page B-6 which has a trapezoidal post and the 8A-17080-A3 jack & base in fig B-19 on page B-7 as similar to the one I purchased so long ago and would definitely search for one to be accurate now. I can also assure you that the frame to the rear of the spring crossmember and the x-member is no where's near as strong as the frame forward of that place.

This message was edited by therunwaybehind on 2-20-20 @ 9:16 AM

ford38v8

02-20-2020 @ 11:19 PM

reply profile send p.m.

Senior
Posts: 2735
Joined: Oct 2009

Do not under any circumstances use the antique bumper jacks as originally provided. They were dangerous then and are dangerous now, even more so with the weak non original replacement bumpers on many of our cars today.

Alan

Robert/Texas

02-21-2020 @ 5:01 AM

reply profile send p.m.

New Member
Posts: 106
Joined: Dec 2009

I’m 85 years old and have a bad right shoulder so tire changing on the road is hard for me. I have towing coverage included in my Hagerty policy which includes my trailer and modern cars. I have used this twice in the last two years, once to flatbed a Model T about 10 miles to my house and once to change a tire on my modern car. I do carry a scissors jack in my antique cars though.

Robert

<< previous || next >>

PAGE: 1 2

NOTE: YOU MUST BE A REGISTERED USER AND BE LOGGED IN TO POST (and reply to) messages in this forum. If you are a first time user, please click the CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT in the masthead above to register and Log In. After that, all you do is LOG IN to enjoy using this site.

DISCLAIMER: The V-8 Club does no independent testing of any of the opinions, thoughts or suggestions presented in the website on the Forum, in the Tech Tips section, or any section. A reader should consider the website to be a forum wherein differing solutions to a particular set of circumstances may be discussed. Ultimately, the selection of an item for an individual's vehicle must be based upon the independent study of the vehicle owner in consultation with people in the hobby and restoration experts.

Early Ford V-8 Club Forum

Merchandise Questions

Membership Questions