Jacking up the car

[television]

Make sure you mop up the blood before it dries, otherwise it's an absolute devil to clean.

Regards
John

If you go and give some blood to a blood bank,before working on the car, this reduces the pressure and the mess. Handy tip

 

[Dieselman]

She said, "No way!! They might break and then damage the car!!!!!"

LOL...

 

[Dieselman]

Just out of interest, I lined one if the ramps up against front wheel on my W202, and just like you say, the front skirt would touch the ramp BEFORE the wheel hits the bottom of it. This surprised me. It's an Elegance so not the lower susspension.

So it seems with suitably wide ramps, I'd be able to get the S up on ramps but only because of airmatic.

Unlikely to be able to get any Mercs (without air susspension) onto ramps in the conventional way (i.e. by driving up them).

I use ramps all the time no problem and thay are high ramps.

Just make some lead up ramps out of stout wood.

 

[BTB 500]

If you go and give some blood to a blood bank,before working on the car, this reduces the pressure and the mess. Handy tip

I've got my gold badge from the NBS but don't plan on trying this out thanks!

 

[mr. shr]

I have ADS on my SL which can lift the car a fair bit (looks like a monster truck at full raise ), definitely wouldn't trust it though!

ADS doesn't actually lift the car though does it?
I thought it stiffens the susspension for a more dynamic drive.

Airmatic raises the car on mine and ADS (three settings, 0, 1, 2) just give a firmer ride.

I did have a car fall off a jack once, doing an emergency roadside repair (rear brake shoe spring had come off after garage fitted new shoes). Scary.

Wow, not nice. Those kind of things can lead to fatalities.

 

[BTB 500]

ADS doesn't actually lift the car though does it?

Yes, it does. Normal height, stage 1, stage 2. The raise switch is next to the knob that controls the lights ... and easy to activate by mistake

There's a 'lock' button too, for jacking the car (otherwise the suspension drops fully).

The damper mode (normal/sport) is a different switch, on the centre console.

 

[Wezzel]

Sometime ramps can be used with a low valance if you put a plank of wood in front of them to act as a pre-ramp.

Another good tip to stop the ramp sliding away as you drive on is to take a strip of old carpet, fold it in half and wrap it around the bottom rail of the ramp so that it lays out in front. You then drive onto the carpet which pins the ramp in place.

 

[Merc-C180K]

Carjacking may get you in trouble with the law... You have been warned...

 

[television]

Carjacking may get you in trouble with the law... You have been warned...

Its OK the cars with ADS and ABC were being high jacked.

 

[vijilants]

Forget about those drive on ramps....on the modern cars the apron under the bumper cannot clear them and scrape against the ramp!

I was also considering buying ramps. TBH I will only be using these things once in a blue moon. But as the first job will be to lift my S Class I realise it needs to be a serious jack cos it's sooooo heavy.

Might do a couple of little things on my 202 at a later stage but nothing serious and any jobs will be very infrequent.

 

[television]

Forget about those drive on ramps....on the modern cars the apron under the bumper cannot clear them and scrape against the ramp!

I agree they are also in the way of everything and they are of no use when working on suspension and brakes

 

[mr. shr]

Its OK the cars with ADS and ABC were being high jacked.

Oh dear.

 

[Satch]

Get a decent trolley jack. Bottle jacks have their uses but smaller ones are horrid things really: not very stable and a small lifting pad which means very careful positioning required

http://www.tooled-up.com/SubCategory.asp?CID=6&SCID=29

 

[Dieselman]

Forget about those drive on ramps....on the modern cars the apron under the bumper cannot clear them and scrape against the ramp!

I wouldn't normally quote my own post but:

I use ramps all the time no problem and thay are high ramps.

Just make some lead up ramps out of stout wood.

If jacking for suspension or brake work I would normally drive up the ramps first then jack the car as it allows the jack to raise the whole car not just one wheel.

 

[c240yaz]

The current ramps on sale by Screwfix (Red ramps) will allow a C class 203 to drive up no problem at all, front and rear. Plenty of clearance to spare without using any wood for slope assistance.

I use them all the time.

 

[vijilants]

Jack it up with a trolley jack and stick some decent axle stands underneath. By far the safest method, id say.

 

[mr. shr]

Decided against buying anything!!!
Car's going in tomorrow to have the airmatic compressor changed.

(Yes, I wimpped out of doing it myself)