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Old 10-19-2021, 10:43 AM   #21
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Hey Deluxe 40,
I drop a lot of ferrous things such as nuts, washers, bolts, cotter pins, Woodruf keys, springs, grease fittings, brake pins and tools. A magnet or two on a telescoping shaft is one of my prized possessions.



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Old 10-19-2021, 01:27 PM   #22
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I use my two post lift.
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Old 10-19-2021, 03:20 PM   #23
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I’m in the process of building mine, but the frame is sitting on torque tubes on all four corners that have been turned into stands
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Old 10-19-2021, 09:31 PM   #24
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Jacking the car is not the problem. Making my 79-yeqr old body get up from the floor is! Also, I thank God for magnets & Tylenol.
Thanks Bob, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that uses a short step ladder to get off the floor while making strange grunts
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Old 10-19-2021, 10:13 PM   #25
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I drop a lot of ferrous things such as nuts, washers, bolts, cotter pins, Woodruf keys, springs, grease fittings, brake pins and tools. A magnet or two on a telescoping shaft is one of my prized possessions.



Got'cha. Didn't think about that angle!
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Old 10-19-2021, 11:25 PM   #26
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I drop a lot of ferrous things such as nuts, washers, bolts, cotter pins, Woodruf keys, springs, grease fittings, brake pins and tools. A magnet or two on a telescoping shaft is one of my prized possessions.



LOL, like that idea. I dropped one of the wing nuts for the battery hold down in the grass under my 48 F2 Sunday. Laying on the ground, I could not see it, so I dropped a shinny object (wrench) next to it from the top where I could. Was easy to find then.
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Old 10-20-2021, 05:31 PM   #27
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did not like using ramps Used 6 ton jack stands have a 2 post lift now
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Old 10-21-2021, 06:41 AM   #28
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What I like to use us my kwik lift system.


It is a pair of long ramps that you drive up. Once all 4 wheels are on the ramp, you use your hydraulic jack to lift the lower part of the ramp off the ground. When the ramp is at the correct height, you pull the legs down to support the ramp and then remove the jack.

Check the website for complete details https://www.kwik-lift.com/
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Old 10-21-2021, 07:50 AM   #29
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Not a model A, but I will use jack stands but only many at a time in case one or two fail. I have gone to cribbing I made out of some scrap 2x material I had. I bought a low profile jack from Harbor Freight which is pretty nice and has good reviews.

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Old 10-21-2021, 04:47 PM   #30
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[QUOTE=77Birdman;2068739]Not a model A, but I will use jack stands but only many at a time in case one or two fail. I have gone to cribbing I made out of some scrap 2x material I had. I bought a low profile jack from Harbor Freight which is pretty nice and has good reviews.

Not much good when you are working on brakes or suspension.
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Old 05-23-2023, 11:39 PM   #31
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Jack stands and a decent creeper
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Old 05-24-2023, 05:08 AM   #32
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2X Post #22.
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Old 05-24-2023, 07:10 AM   #33
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A few years ago I happened upon an old political campaign sign that was made out of a corregated plastic. It was a 4 X 8 sheet and I cut it into 4 pieces. Lay that on the floor and slide under the car. Works great. The only drawback is that nobody liked the candidate. LOL.
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Old 05-24-2023, 07:27 AM   #34
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Are we all 79 years old?
Heck no. I'm 78. I sse cardboard to lay on after jacking car up and sliding ramps under the wheels. Getting up and down off the floor is the hardest work I do. But I still love doing it!
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Old 05-24-2023, 09:57 AM   #35
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I use the Harbur Freight magnet, pull on the center handle dumps everything right in a can
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Old 05-24-2023, 02:30 PM   #36
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Cardboard with printed signs on it makes me slide better.
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Old 05-24-2023, 02:31 PM   #37
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Hey Deluxe 40,
I drop a lot of ferrous things such as nuts, washers, bolts, cotter pins, Woodruf keys, springs, grease fittings, brake pins and tools. A magnet or two on a telescoping shaft is one of my prized possessions.



Why haven't I thought of that? When next going to town my first stop will be at the engineering supply shop. Thanks Bob
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Old 05-24-2023, 05:35 PM   #38
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I just take my car back to the Ford dealer where I bought it.
So you are either real old or own a Shay......


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To get my 79 year old body up from the floor more easily, I put a jack stand alongside the drop cloth I lay on to get under the car..
I always figured it's why Henry put running boards on the A.


I want a 4 post lift but @ 73 I doubt it would be a wise purchase. I have some 20' lengths of 6" I beam. I'm thinking of building one of those tilting type stands dealers had to display cars - drive up and when you go over center the thing tilts so the car is level. I'll make it just high enough to work under comfortably. I've always used cardboard on the cold garage floor or driveway now I'm finding it easier to roll under on a creeper.

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Old 05-25-2023, 02:28 AM   #39
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Cardboard with printed signs on it makes me slide better.
I second the cardboard bit. I've found I slide easier on cardboard than a creeper rolls on my floor, plus the extra height, albeit a few centimetres makes a difference. Also, i can't rollover my fingers, or have something roll under the creeper.
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Old 05-25-2023, 07:13 AM   #40
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40 Deluxe,
Thank God that most of the Model A's mechanical parts are steel because I have a track record of dropping a lot of them. So I use magnets on telescoping shafts to retrieve the parts I drop.
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