SOS: Where do I place the jack to lift the FTO?

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 2:04 pm

Hi,

I can tell you the front.

In the middle of the car in the front, under the car that is, there is a little semi circular thick metal that is stuck to the car in a loop.

If it's a jack that can be used to lift the whole of front, this would be what you need to put your jack under and lift.

Otherwise, if you are going to lift the side of the car then there are a little indent on the side of the car just behind the front wheel. This is where you put those jacks you get with your car.

And the method to lift the back is quite similar.

Hope this helps.

lal · Post by **lal** » Wed Oct 01, 2003 2:54 pm

just a few centimetres from the end of the wheel arch... there should be 2 marked chips grooves along the side ----^------------^--- you place the jack between those 2 points.. same with the back.
just to be safe... if you have some bricks, you can stack a few of them together so "just in case" the scissor jacks fail... the bricks should help you from becoming a pancake

... one can never be too carefull.

D-TRAIN · Post by **D-TRAIN** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 1:04 am

Try this from the Workshop Manual: