I don't understand the reluctance to lay the car on its sill on a carpet. I
have been doing this with my BE and it is remarkable stable if the floor is
smooth. This puts less bending stress across the weakest part of a rusty
shell. And my wife and I (240 lb between us) have no trouble rolling it.
Michael Rowe
> Build a wooden jig. There are several different plans out there. Here's
> one:
> http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,1766256,1766256#msg-1766256
>
> I built a more elaborate one for my Midget.
>
> http://www.starrtech.net/~jimj/images/DSCF2000.JPG
> http://www.starrtech.net/~jimj/images/DSCF2008.JPG
>
> Plans for this are buried somewhere in the garage. If you want them, let
> me
> know and I'll scan them and send to you.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:22 PM, CosmicMag1380
> <cosmicmag1380 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Andrew Payne <andrewpayne at intrex.net>
>> wrote:
>> Where should I put the stands once I remove the rear suspension?
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Take a 4 x 4 post and run it through where the rear axle was... make
>> sure it is long enough to stick outside the wheel wells on both sides.
>> You can add pieces of wood between the post and the bottom of the axle
>> hump if you want to take up space if you don't want the post to
>> contact the fender lips. The fender lips are strong enough to support
>> the stripped car without bending unless they are really rusty. Put
>> your jack stands on the outside on each side of the car. Watch out
>> that you don't jam your knees/ankles on them! You can make it any
>> height that you want by putting cinder block (or whatever) under each
>> side of the post. That way you'll have plenty of room for a creeper
>> underneath.
>>
>> --
>> Kent
>> 1960 Bugeye
>> 1983 Garage full of spridget parts!
>> 2010 Arrow shed full of excess spridget parts!!!
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> Jim Johnson
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