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I see most of you do your own Oil changes. I used to when I had my Camaro SS and was a lot younger!! For the vette would need special ramps. Having not seen under the Corvette, is everything easily accessable? Oil drain, filter? Maybe a snapshot of the under body? I have the 08 coupe so not a dry sump
I see most of you do your own Oil changes. I used to when I had my Camaro SS and was a lot younger!! For the vette would need special ramps. Having not seen under the Corvette, is everything easily accessable? Oil drain, filter? Maybe a snapshot of the under body? I have the 08 coupe so not a dry sump
no special ramps needed.all I do id jack up the left front of the car,remove driver side front wheel.oil plug and filter easy to get at.just lay on a old towel or sheet.job done.
no special ramps needed.all I do id jack up the left front of the car,remove driver side front wheel.oil plug and filter easy to get at.just lay on a old towel or sheet.job done.
You said nothing about supporting car!
NEVER get under a car on a JACK!!!!!! Never !!!!!!!!!! Ever!!!!!!
I made these ramps last year from a post somebody made here. They are 2 x 12s, will cost around $50 as I recall.
I copied the poster's picture and used 3 planks, but 4.5 inches wasn't high enough (I only weigh about 170, 5'10"). Note the extra piece I put under the front wheels. The 6" lift is just enough.
Also, I had to get at the plug and filter by getting under the front of the car, there isn't enough clearance from the sides with the ramps. But they work fine; just used them again this week.
that is true,but been doing it that way for longer than you probally been alive.still here.
Nothing between you and jack failure but rubber o ring the diameter on a pencil lead. Use a jack stand. It only takes one time no matter how old you are.
I made the same ramps Bruze.....work great but I need more elbow room and would prefer to get under from the side. So I use the ramps to get it high enough to get a jack under the front. Got to be sure and use a good piece of wood for between the jack and the cross member (or what ever they call that piece these days) though to spread the load.
I made the same ramps Bruze.....work great but I need more elbow room and would prefer to get under from the side. So I use the ramps to get it high enough to get a jack under the front. Got to be sure and use a good piece of wood for between the jack and the cross member (or what ever they call that piece these days) though to spread the load.
Agree 1001% with others about NEVER getting under a jacked car without jackstands. My father reamed me out for doing exactly that when I was a teenager.
Every once in a while if you notice, on your local news, will be a story about someone killed when their car fell on them.
that is true,but been doing it that way for longer than you probally been alive.still here.
Obviously it worked, because you're still here lol
But that doesn't make it right. One time of a failed jack and say goodbye. Why risk it?
I knew of a kid who was doing his oil on his honda accord. Jack failed on him. Mother came out with the car on top of him. Not a good sight for anyone who has to find you like that.
You being older, imagine your kids finding you like that?? God forbid??
that is true,but been doing it that way for longer than you probally been alive.still here.
Take some old guy advice and put a stand under it when you crawl under a jacked car. I am 64 and my father was a mechanic and stock car driver in the 50's. He was killed in our driveway when a jack slipped and the car crushed him...a 51 Hudson. He was in a hurry to do a clutch adjustment before the race that night and he knew better. It was 1958, I was 7 years old and will always remember that tragedy and the lesson it taught me.
12-02-2015, 04:10 PM
Self Oil Changes
