Jacking up car for oil change question

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Originally Posted by DonM

There is an easier way to do oil changes - this is how I do mine......get a 8 foot length of 2x6 from Home Depot...cut it up into 4 pieces - 2 pieces each at 2 1/2 ft in length and the other 2 pieces 1 1/2 ft in length

Place each of the short pieces on top of the 2 1/2 ft pieces in the middle of these long pieces and nail them together - home made ramps that will never give out.....a heck of lot safer than relying on a jack.

I did the same, kind of. I made myself a ramp using 2 X 12 piece of wood. Cut it into three pieces of staggered length (IIRC, 3', 2', 1') to make a three-layer thick ramp. Ramps sold in stores are just too tall. I only made one to lift up one (left) side of the car...

Originally Posted by jambo101

I just go to the corner of the street where the sidewalk dips for wheelchair use and i drive the two rightside wheels up on the sidewalk,

Shouldn't you be/have been driving the two LEFT side wheels up on the sidewalk? The drain plug is on the right side of the car and should be the low point...