jacking up car ...simple question

[pomoz]

Gday all

I purchased a 2 ton trolly jack yesterday .
My reason .. seeing that i have lost a pit in my garage in England.. now that i am living in Australia... just a garage and no pit!!!
Wanting to play around and take out my radiator fan cowling.....to fix it

My thinking was to jack up the car and sit it on a set of car ramps..so i can peruse underneath.

Apart from the normal jacking points on side of car.
Can i jack it up from the middle and then when at correct height place both car ramps on it and sit it down.
If so ..where do i do it from?
I hope i have explained my self well enough.

Mnay Thanks
Alex 87S3hc na

[CAM79]

That's what you get for moving to Australia! Hope all is well. My S3 is currently on axle stands (again), I jacked it up on the steel tubes (part of the chassis) on the back, I assume the same applies to the front. As long as you jack it up on the chassis you'll be fine. I tend to jack the car from the side as it's easier to see where your pointing the jack
Hope that helps.

[maigret]

The way I use the ramps without resorting to a jack is to put the ramps on one side. That is one on the front and the back lifting one side.

For example to lift the right hand side I turn the steering to the left and put the ramps behind the RHS wheels. Then back up onto them.

Graeme

ps Bent my other car tonight so the Esprit is going to be my everyday runner for a couple of weeks

[cnh1990]

I use a hockey puck (It's a Minnesota thing) and place it on the cup of the floor jack so as not to scratch the galvanized coating. Jack it on the point where the T intersects. Be careful not to damage brake lines.

>> Edited by cnh1990 on Friday 2nd July 14:00