Thanks David.

For a future fuel tank reseal, I'd considered making ramps so I could back
the van onto them (rear of van facing downhill) and get the front end up,
but didn't take the ramp idea any further.

Are you suggesting one ramp per vehicle corner, each providing room and
level surface for a jack and jack stand?

Like this?  image:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zCqGzE1KbmI/UDUyJPKF0WI/AAAAAAAAF_U/cBj1mBmkZ-Q/s800/ramp.jpg

For what I need, 2 ramps should suffice for now. (work on one end of
vehicle at a time)

Neil.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:22 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:

> At 02:09 AM 8/22/2012, neil n wrote:
>
>> The issue is limited work space on a sloped drive way. I'm uncomfortable
>> raising the rear up on jack stands. I'm OK with raising one front corner
>> at
>> a time to do the upper control arm bushings.
>>
>
> If the slope's within reason, build four inverted ramps that match the
> slope; have all weight-bearing points  on a level surface.  That will take
> away all the horizontal components of your load vectors on both van and
> stands, and give you a setup that's just as stable as it would be on the
> flat.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>

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