Jacking up car for oil change question

[Yaristeve]

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...

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Yaristeve

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...

Actually the road is slanted for drainage purposes so running the right side up on the curb makes it level but i'd say its whatever you prefer as its just as easy to run the left wheels up on the other curb..
As for a cop giving you hassle for an in street oil change? maybe if he happens by in the less than the 15 minutes its going to take and depending on his mood i doubt you'd get to much of a problem even if you were observed,if theres a huge puddle of oil on the ground at that time it might be a different matter or if you live in a deed restricted community you may have a problem..

[why?]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Actually the road is slanted for drainage purposes so running the right side up on the curb makes it level but i'd say its whatever you prefer as its just as easy to run the left wheels up on the other curb..
As for a cop giving you hassle for an in street oil change? maybe if he happens by in the less than the 15 minutes its going to take and depending on his mood i doubt you'd get to much of a problem even if you were observed,if theres a huge puddle of oil on the ground at that time it might be a different matter or if you live in a deed restricted community you may have a problem..

even then, if you can prove you live nearby and it is obvious you are draining the oil into an approved container and nothing has spilled I highly doubt a cop will care.