Car Jacks
 

I need to get under my 1984 XJ6, but my current floor jack wont cut it. The car is almost three tons and my jack is two tons (used for another car). I was wondering if I should by a new floor jack or get one of the bottle jacks. I have never used a bottle jack and any advice would be great.

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Your car basically weighs 750 lbs at each tire..so the 2 ton jackwill work fine if you are just jacking up one corner at a time (unless it's wore out)...Then prop it there with a jack stand and move to the next corner.

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Well put Dennis. I use floor jack anytime I can. So much easier than bottle jack and much faster.

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Thanks..But I need to thank you too, for all the expert and sound advise you have already given everybody in the short time you've been aboard..Great job brother, I hope you hang with us for a long time..
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math check!! .. 3 tons is 6000 pounds.... what do you have in the trunk man? you car needs to go on a diet..

if your car was 6000 lbs then that would be 1500 per corner if it is evenly slip.

either way a 2 ton jack can lift 4000 pounds.. You can lift the entire front end or the entire rear end of the car with it.... and I bet you could never findthe spot that you can lift the entire car at once...

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:DOops..new math ya know..:D

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I Should have did my homework..My mind seen 3000 lbs and it seemed more normal, as 3 tons is a little too much as I thought..Like Bo said, what's in the trunk?:D

Specifications of the 1979-1986 Jaguar XJ6 Series III:
Length, inches: 191.7/200.5 (European/U.S. models)
Wheelbase, inches: 113.0
Weight, pounds: 3,860-4,065


Hence: 2 tons, or 1016 lbs/ at each corner

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whats in the trunk? Bodies. Lots of bodies. No just kidding, I read my Hayne's manual wrong, its 4,979 lbs for my model but I remembered it as 5,979.

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Wow..that's one heavy ass car...But seriously, your 2 ton jack will work fine..