[DeTomaso] Best jacking points for floor jack?

Thu Aug 20 17:34:29 EDT 2020

Since my car used to bottom out (the springs on the aftermarket Carrera shocks were laughably too soft—i have since switched to Konis with much more appropriate springs) I used a thick piece of Delrin black plastic. It’s touch, cheap, and sacrificial. I just drilled countersunk holes in it then screwed it to the underside of the chassis. Works great!

Miie

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> On Aug 20, 2020, at 14:21, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> One of the best mods I did was to add 1/4" plate to the rear frame.  It's really easy to cut it into a rectangle and weld to the frame.
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> Now, I jack from the rear, and I don't worry about crushing anything.
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> On 8/20/20, 12:37 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mirril McMullen" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of mirrilm at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>    Team,
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>    Tow hooks are a very important subject.
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>    I was going up the Esses at The Glen when I ran out of gas.
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>    I coasted up the hill to the entrance on the back side of the track.
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>    Me and two guys pushed 6859 into the infield.
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>    If I wasn’t close to the side entrance, they would have thrown a hook under the front suspension and yanked me off the track before the next vintage race started.
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>    I am looking at installing the Amerisport bumpers and integrating dedicated Tow hooks both front and back.
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>    /\/\
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>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Larry Weston
>    Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:04 AM
>    To: Joseph F Byrd, Jr; 'Detomaso List'
>    Cc: 'Ken Green'
>    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Best jacking points for floor jack?
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>    Very nice.
>    Do I see a tow/tie down point up front? How about the back?
>    Something for the ramp truck to use?
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>    From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Joseph F Byrd, Jr <byrdjf at embarqmail.com>
>    Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 12:16 AM
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>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
>    Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:29 PM
>    To: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>    Cc: DeTomaso Mail List <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Best jacking points for floor jack?
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>    Julian,
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>    Yes, that’s right. When in doubt, read the manual. :)
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>    I also jack from the rear crossmember, protecting the sheetmetal lip by putting a 2x4 on top of the jack pad which indexes on the frame rail.
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>    Mike
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>>> On Aug 18, 2020, at 19:24, Julian Kift < <mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com> julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>    I thought the holes in the chassis rails (just behind the front wheel
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>>  fender well and at the rear just in front of where the chassis rails
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>>  angle toward the engine mounts) were there as a keyway for the stock
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>>  scissor jack to sit in?
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>>  Julian
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>>  From: DeTomaso < <mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
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>>  Ken Green via DeTomaso < <mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
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>>  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 6:21 PM
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>>  Subject: [DeTomaso] Best jacking points for floor jack?
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>>  Anyone have a chart?
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>>  Thanks
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