yeah i saw this on the front side of the paper. i have about 6 stands and 2 jacks in my house...usually while up on stands ill keep the jack still kinda extended in case. i learned my lesson a few months ago when i bought a blackjack low profile jack, i was under the car to measure and see what kind of u joint i had, with no stands under the car just the jack under the rear. long story short the jack starter to slowly let out....really slow but still. scary enough.

i usually have my jackstands under the car, and leave the floor jack up with a little weight on it just for added "oh ****" insurance.

I do that as well.

In the photo there is a hi-lift jack on the side of the Jeep.....I sure hope that's not what he was using, but it looks like it was. Those things are great out on the trail, but using one in place of a floor jack is like playing catch with lawn darts while drinking.

I feel bad for his family though.

- Justin

i noticed that too but it said that the wheel was off and that one was on...i think the actual accident happened on the other side and that one is the firemans jack???

That would be my guess.

why the f@uck is he using a bumper jack to lift the car, I gurantee he is no mechanic at all just a know it all that thought he could work on his car.
Some of you on here better pay attention to this......

Orly?

Does that mean patio bricks are a bad jack stand?

We're thinking that he prolly wasn't....see the 3 posts above yours.

- Justin

I was on my phone at the time and didn't read past the first 3 posts.
We have been talking about this through out the day at work.

Gotcha....

As far as him being a mechanic, I believe it. Like others said earlier, he was prolly affected by the security that comes with familiarity. Never had a jack fall on him before, why now? It's not smart thinking, but it happens everyday.

- Justin

wen i hafta work under the cars... i always drive the front or rear, which ever im working on, up onto a set of ramps, then jack up which ever side or both and use jackstands.. that way if it should ever fall, the ramps will stop it from crashing down all the way

a little delayed, but how do you get to the oil fiilter?

Al pays a monkey to change that.

On an Ecotec the oil filter is on top. I dont know what he is talking about with the siphon though :shrug:

its an ecotec. the filter is up top, cartridge style.

You pull a vaccum on the dipstick, works well if the dipstick goes to the bottom of the pan.. not sure on cars, but all boats use that method. Easy if the oil is not stone cold, or not HD40. :lol:

It's always better to do an oil change when the engine is warm.

- Justin

Yea sorry, relating cars with boats again... hard to run a big diesel up to temp when its on land. ;)

So change the oil in the water....what's the worst that could happen? :mrgreen:

- Justin

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Its much easier and we try to do that as often as we could, but most customers fail to help us out with scheduling.

welcome to small business :lol: