

| Subject: | lifting syncros for bleeding radiator |
| Date: | Sat, 16 Dec 1995 10:02:27 -0800 |
What's the best way to lift the front end of a syncro the required 40mm for
bleeding the bleeding cooling system? Bentley indicates that you need to rig
some sort of support to allow a floor jack to lift at both front jack points
on the crossmember. But syncros have that extra skid plate stuff giving only
9.5" of clearance. Using a 4x4 (wood) support leaves maybe 5"-6" for the
floor jack which seems kinda tight. Might work, but I'd like to get some
feedback from those that have done this before I embark down this path.
Another idea I had was to get a couple of drive-on ramps, but the biggest I
can find raise the vehicle only about 11".
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| 4x4 support |
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| floor |
| jack |
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-Mark McCulley
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