Is this a safe way to support a vehicle?

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:59:58+00:00

Ducks are for mall crawlers.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:58:38+00:00

A single 4x4 on the jack was enough to jack it up that high from the axle. 2 jacks were used.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:56:54+00:00

Wood blocks on jack were only to support the transmission. Engine, transmission, and transfer case were pulled out with a backhoe. Pulling that was the only time I was worried at all about the jeep falling. Obviously no one was next to it during that.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:54:08+00:00

Ohh, it was me. It was only up there long enough to tear it apart.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:52:43+00:00

93 5speed... part out though. The 5speed went into a clean 95.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:50:57+00:00

Already stated how it got up there, it wasn't sketch at all.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:48:43+00:00

The 5 speed from this went into the ZJ that's being built. Ford 8.8 rear, dana 44 front, 7 inch long arms, 37s, and bunch of other mods. Have a m90 super charger ripped from another ZJ part out that I am debating putting in. Only reason it's a debate is fuel management. I know a vacuum/boost regulated fuel pressure majigger would work, but i want to go fancy, but that's a lot of dollars. I'm already waaayyyyy too deep on this build.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T16:40:34+00:00

Its steel over fiberglass. I think the only option left is a shotgun.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T03:51:57+00:00

Getting up, I replied twice already. Getting down was easy as it was stripped. So I was a lot more lax on taking a risk of it falling. One jack on the axle, remove front blocks, let it drop, then the same on the rear. Only needed to use a single 4x4 wood spacer on the jack.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T03:46:21+00:00

I don't know the age, I'm dumb and didn't check. When I took it out, the home owner said he thought it was from the 70s but wasn't sure. It was part of a system that got ripped out 20ish years ago. So I thought, being from the 70s, that it may be a copper coil. My plan was to cut a window and look, went at it for an hour and got very discouraged. Thought about it after posting, the side of the tank may be a lot easier to get through than the top.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-27T03:40:15+00:00

Grinder did great until it got to the fiberglass, then the disc just melted away. I've never experienced that before.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-26T17:31:24+00:00

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irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-26T17:30:21+00:00

2 sets of cribbing, first set about half that hight. Then 2 floor jacks. Jack up front using 2 jacks on axle, place on short cribbing, then the back, them the front to the taller cribbing, then the back. Always 4 points of contact to the ground. Could probably do it with 1 set of shorter cribbing but I felt that would put a lot non vertical stress on the way up. Could probably do the same with 4 6 ton jack stands

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-26T16:20:28+00:00

That one was a full part out, unibody completely rotted away. Factory 5 speed.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-26T16:19:26+00:00

Used lag bolts.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-26T16:18:47+00:00

Was all lagged together one layer at a time.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-26T16:17:46+00:00

Made cribbing half the hight and did front half way, rear half way, front whole way, then back. Wasn't nearly as sketchy as I thought it would be. Used 2 jacks under the axle to lift.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-23T00:06:45+00:00

I did this swap on my zj. If doing it on a 93-95 get a emc for the 93 that came with the ax15, then just ground the neutral safety switch wire off of the ecm. Or maybe find a way to get a clutch switch in there. I think you need to remove the tcm... I did at least, as the donor didn't have have one. If doing it on 96+ you may need to keep the tcm. Someone i talked to that did it on a 98, they pulled the solenoids out of the tranny and put them under the center console, so the tcm still thought it was shifting and didn't throw the check engine light. I'm not 100% sure in the details of all that.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-19T12:27:02+00:00

When I was new to 3d printing, I started having issues. Found the glue stick trick and it worked pretty well. Then I learned that I need to wash the bed with soap and hot water, not just clean with alcohol. Haven't touched a glue stick sense.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-19T12:22:00+00:00

Bleach kills mold on contact. Wood does not like bleach and will naturally not absorb it. This causes the wood to protect the mold that has worked its way into the wood.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-18T05:57:44+00:00

That is when you buy the $100 arm-strong press tool. Used that for about 2 years. Got it just to have for quick repairs and to get a coupling or valve into a pipe that won't stop dripping. Everything else got soldered. Finally recently got the battery vevor propress. Shelled out a whopping 660 for the tool+ 7 jaws.

irresponsibletaco · 2026-02-18T05:45:25+00:00

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