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ke382TG
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Re: FWD 4AGE sucks!!!

Fri, 01 July 2005 00:46

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Common sense would tell you to put something like a bit of wood between the jack and the sump to distribute the load more evenly and not damage your sump

Yeah, good one Einstein.

What's that supposed to mean? Your sump is not made of f$%ken paper mache mate. If you use one of those pointy arse scissor jacks to support it yes you may damage it with a dent (key word is support, it is not holding the entire weight of your engine Rolling Eyes

). I was simply offering some simple advice to obvisouly a simple person Rolling Eyes

regarding your original comment/question about damaging your sump with a jack. I assume some knowledge/common sense and did not include such info as the size and shape of the timber to use, I assume you would not try to use a branch snapped off a tree, but instead would use an off cut of soft pine around the size of the base of your sump and about 20mm thick.

As others have now pointed out, they were referring to the use of jacks that have a large support area, which at worst may scratch the paint on your sump (some soft cloth between the jack and sump could prevent this too, but you are uber smart and would already know this Wink

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i put just your regular workshop jack under the sump. of the many many cars ive done that too (including some bigger motors ie V8s) ive never damaged a sump. ive even jacked up engine with all the mounts in place just to tilt the gearbox down, no troubles.

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Really depends on what kind of jack you're using... My work jacks have quite a large base and it's almost flat so it won't damage the sump at all... The jack does not support the entire engines weight, only supports it as not to stretch the other mounts more than they usually travel...

Some more advice here too, why don't you have a go at them as well.

If you don't understand the concept I offered for avoiding damage to your sump while supporting it with a jack you my friend are the one who is far from being of the intellect of Einstein.

NB: no wonder a lot of people are beginning to not bother offering advice any more when some no brain f$%ktard just has a go at you Rolling Eyes

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