After many months of waiting, finally getting my 78 Clubby off the road for some improvements. Where is the best place to put the car stands at the front There seems to be a 3 or 4 inch square area at the back of the front wheel arch which seems ideal, but don`t know if it would be strong enough. Would be grateful for any ideas.

If i jack my car up, i put the jack under the cross brace thing the seats are mounted on. There is actually a slot in the sill to put the factory jack into where the cross brace is.

I guess you could chuck one under each side under the cross brace (the square tunnel that runs sideways across the car).
Unless you want them further forward..

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Under the front subframe - there is a nice flat area when the bottom arms go in.

Anything on the floor area will bend or leave a mark.

Although I have seen a piece of 4"x 2" put right under the floor near the front and then stands either side - this is good for taking the whole front end, subframe out.

Also used a wooden pallet with some car tyres on it which the floor at the front can sit on - this lets you still push the whole thing around

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Dave K.
1979 Moke Californian + 1981 'Coke' Moke

You will savage your floor pan if you stick it underneath the foot well or any other part of the pan. It's simply not designed for the point load a jack will put on the thin metal. The plates you see under there were mounting points for manufacture and nothing else.

As said above, use the part of the front subframe where the driveshafts pass through (large flat areas there), or adjacent to the rear trailing arms on the back of the car. Or put the jack underneath the front mounting point for the tie rods. Never use the subframe at the very front of the car which passes across the front of the engine, and similarly never use the rear subframe where it passes underneath the rear bumper from left to right. These are thin and will bend which will alter your wheel geometry somewhat.

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thanks heaps guys, I will stay clear of floor pan area and go as suggested under front subframe.

I actually do use this point to jack up the rear of the car, but I spread the load right out with a long piece of pine

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

I do the same SGC, have done for ages, i think i've read in a mini book somewhere that states these areas can be used providing you use a piece of timber , it even showed a drawing of how to make the piece of wood, i'll see if i can't find it.
Colin.

From the good book for the front follow the instructions in the pics.

i used this to jack the front of mine up and place the stands. you can put the stands either end of the block of wood, or under the flat part of the subframe.

for the back the book says to jack it in the middle of the rear crossmember of the subframe. I put the stands under the flat part under the suspension cone, or at the outer end of the rear crossmember.

remember that the further outboard you can place the stands the more stable it is.

cheers
michael




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