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Rathi134 · Jul 8th, 2009, 07:55 PM

Changing the oil on this thing apparently calls for an engineering feat

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...-pictures.html

I want to change the oil but this thing has been very worried, being the unlucky person I am I would probably screw something up if I tried this. Sigh, I am leaning towards just taking it to a mobil 1 lube place. Whatever happened to ramping crap and handling it that way, the nissan and mustang were so much easier to deal with, however the vette is way faster and I love it

Rathi134 · Jul 8th, 2009, 08:36 PM

Craftsman 3 ton Floor Jack, Jack Stands and Creeper Set

how about this?

**JNCoRacer** · Jul 8th, 2009, 09:03 PM

How much ground clearance do you have underneath the car? That jack says it has a minimum clearance of 5 1/2 inches.

Rathi134 · Jul 8th, 2009, 09:07 PM

ah not sure, I noticed people on the vette forums were driving the cars onto 2x6s before jacking them so I am assuming its to help with that issue

LatinMax · Jul 8th, 2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rathi134

ah not sure, I noticed people on the vette forums were driving the cars onto 2x6s before jacking them so I am assuming its to help with that issue

ummm, that is what I have to do, but it is 2 of then stacked on top of each other... until I bought the low profile jack. I love that jack.

Rathi134 · Jul 8th, 2009, 10:29 PM

how much do these low profile jacks run? Any specific brands?

LatinMax · Jul 8th, 2009, 10:52 PM

hmmm, I think I paid like $150 for mine and it is aluminum (very light weight)

BlueBOB · Jul 8th, 2009, 11:16 PM

of course though vette's look low and ride low, their not as low as you think... measure yours before you go buy more than you need... though a low profile is nice. Steve has only ever used his regular craftsman jack for both his lowered vettes

LIUSPEED · Jul 9th, 2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueBOB

(i couldn't find a forehead slap smilie, but that one needs to be in here as well)

ok maybe i misread the thread but i thought he said he needed jack stand and jacks to fit underneath the vette so i thought a good place to get it was harbor freight tools in carrollton cuz alot of people on the sr20 forum buy alotta tools there for really good prices.

so iono

oh wells.. as you were

BlueBOB · Jul 9th, 2009, 09:52 AM

harbor freight does sell very cheap tools.... quality and price

sultan · Jul 9th, 2009, 10:34 AM

you don't really need stands, jack it up and then slide the ramps under the tires. that's what i did for oil changes on the 240.

Rathi134 · Jul 9th, 2009, 07:33 PM

thats what i was thinking sultan, but a lot of people advocate jacking the back up to even out the car to drain all the oil out

sultan · Jul 10th, 2009, 10:26 AM

how much is really still in there, though? unless you're running the oil for 50,000 miles i don't see how it matters.

although one time i put the one side of my first 240 up higher so more oil would come out the drain plug, lol.