Guys,

For those of us not lucky enough to own a hoist, how do you get your Jag up on axle stands? (Noting the limited number of Jaguar approved safe lifting points.)

I have ramps but the angle is a little to steep to safely drive up and don't use them.

My preferred method is to lift the front first using a pair of trolley jacks. I have made some compressed rubber blockes that fit into the sill lifting points for the scissor jack. Once just high enough I put axle stands under the supports each side of the bell housing.

I then raise the rear also using the sill lifting points and the two trolley jacks until I can get just stands under the lifting points Jag recommends at the rear.

I now reset the jacks to the front and use a third jack with a brace across the rear to lift the car to a reasonable height, raising each jack a little at a time. This way there is no dramatic twisting of the frame or undue stress on suspension points. Lowereing is a simple reverse of the process.

Am I being a little ****? Is there a better way?

Commentary gratefully accepted.

Cheers,

Doug

 

Your method sounds very safe and you certainly want to be safe at all times whenever you're lifting a vehicle and then crawling around underneath it. My advice is simply to keep doing what you're doing if it is working for you....

 

To get use out of your ramps you can add a piece of hardwood (roughly 3.5 ft by 8 inches by 1.25 inches thick). This makes the angle low enough to drive up safely without scraping the car. My ramps are a metal frame and the wood sits well in this frame (as opposed to ramps that are full metal. However this would still work but not as easily.

 

That's what I do but I think bigger ramps as well. Single trolley jack, too, sometimes.

I jack where JTIS shows.

 

Same here.
Metal ramps up front with lumber to reduce angle. Stepped or ramped lumber under rear.