Originally Posted by tedgasthm

I'm going to throw in my 2 cents here as it seems as close to relevant as I could find. I just finished a total top engine reseal and revamp on my 2004 XK8 convertible and decided to do a thorough trans service on the ZF6hp26 automatic. As I need the car pretty high to gain enough access to remove the mechatronic unit and as I am safety oriented to the extreme I finally devised a way to get the car up enough, not twist the body, not risk it falling or rolling on me, maintain clear space for jack stands appropriately positioned and level the car as needed to properly refill the trans fluid level. I have attached pics of my end result. I did not need to remove the wheels so I first pulled the front up on a pair of ramps. I added ratchet straps through the wheels to the front of the ramps to prevent rearward roll. then I placed a commercial floor jack at both side rear jacking points and raised the car an inch or two per side alternating until the jacks were at max height. Then I placed another set of ramps under the rear tires and lowered the jacks alternating again til the weight was on the wheels. At that point the front was about 1 1/2 inches low in the front so I placed the same jacks at both front corners at the end of the crossmember and raised the "sprung weight" of the car that amount and placed two small stands under the forward lower A arm pivot point and eased the car down on to those. Now the vast majority of the weight of the car is on the tires but a slight bit is at the front stands. Next I placed two more stands at the rear jacking points just touching incase of something I can't imagine. Look hillbilly? Maybe but I'm confident that it's as good as it gets.