Your caliper will work better if you put a battery in it. Good tip on the blade reversal, will keep that in mind. You don't have to plug the saw in, it just takes longer to cut through. ;-) Boy your camera does not like all the RF coming off that welder. I watched this to see if a clamp version would work, and I think you answered my question. I guess I'll just go buy the whole pipe section, since that is easier than trying to pull the welder out from where it is currently buried. Too many tools, not enough garage.

I use a hockey puck on the jack pad

Hell i can do that with a concrete block

Thanks so much! Exactly what i needed.

A bunch of concrete plates would do the job too. I have a ramp that works like a seesaw that is blocked on one side. You drive from one side upwards and when you are close to the end, the weight (because of the unbalanced weight of a front engine car) of the car gets you down in a horizontal position. When the car is tilting, two shock absorbers do reduce the speed of the tilting. If you want to get off the ramp, you have to drive backwards. You have about 100cm space under the car, if the car is on the ramp.. The only disadvantage is, that the car needs to be working. The BIG advantage is the mobility. You can assemble the ramp in 30 minutes by hand and you can transport the ramp in a station wagon. I did it once in a hatchback (Opel Vectra) by removing the passenger seat.

Those jack saddles can be filled to make them flat. Unless you need the teeth for something, filling under your blockung is a good idea. I use a couple layers of tire sidewall cut with a hole saw. It's removeable.

Wheel cribs vs wood blocks, which is better and why?

I like your videos and your ideas. On the other hand, it’s so sad that you have to explain in such detail the safety aspects because so many dumbasses exist. lol

Most dangerous game of jenga

Lot of genius and alot of dont dos.

Propane heater works great .

Always blast outside . Omg !

Finally a complete video that shows how to jack up the car properly to get the jack pad under it. Great job! THANK YOU!

I watched this video a few years ago and came back to it today as I'm ready to create one of these for my 55 chev and I want to give you a real shout out for the web page with all the lists and drawings that I can modify for the 55. Again, thanks and thanks!

Dear young man……as a retired City Fire Captain and a “ car guy”….I have seen too many equipment/ structural type failures in my 30.+ year career. . Every one of those resulted in a fatality. Wooden cribbing is an excellent method to secure your vehicle when you have to “ crawl under neath”. Fire Department Engine Companies have been using cribbing for years to stabilize vehicles and other types of equipment during emergency incidents. Cribbing has tremendous compression strength. I will never trust jack stands…..ever. Am I paranoid? Yep……because it only takes 1 accident to kill or severely injure you. 😅 Be safe……measure twice……..cut once……. God Bless….✌️

I have never seen such an easy thing to do ,made into such a self-important nothing. Give somebody a cell phone with a camera, and they become an expert at everything. If people can't figure these thing out on their own, they probably can't figure out how to watch this video.

With regards to your floor jack moving forward and backward when lifting or lowering, make sure your floor is clean and free of any little pebbles, they will jamb a wheel and stop it moving. I damaged an original Hemi oil pan when lowering, a pebble stopped the jack from moving back, and the jack pad slide off the centre of the K member and onto the oil pan. I use old Hockey pucks on the jack centre pad as well as other places, those things are everywhere in Canada.

I love the riser for your jack pad, i never thought of making a space for the high spot...

Love 2nd gen F bodies. Thank you for this!

I know this video is old, but wont most moister come from outside the car? Especially the underside from road spray? If keeping water out of the seams is the goal, to me it makes sense to seam seal the entire bottom to keep road spray out of the seems if the raptor liner were to fail. Plus, by raptor lining the floor on the outside, water that made its way to the seams from the inside has no where to do, but to sit in the seam and rust. To mean seam sealing both top and bottom makes the most sense that way its protected from both sides of the seam.

great... bravoo

This video was the reason I was able to remove my leafsprings. The whole pry bar trick. Thanks!!!

Question! Could you complete the read subframe replacement without putting the car on a rotisserie? I ask bc my nova rear subframe is questionable. But I don’t want to separate front subframe from the car body

Nice pull up bar.

Can you tell me a particular part no for the 2" Female Roll-On Style Backing Pad that holds these discs?

Are wooden wheel cribs safe?

Dang, you did a nice job, buddy

Pro tip. Don’t insert music. Let Hollywood worry about that.

A nice hack if you need to store activator for a time is to disconnect the wire feed on your welder and blow your MIG gas into the can to displace the oxygen. Oxygen is the enemy and having nothing but inert gas in the can is a nice safety factor to combat the chemicals from degrading.

Gosh... You must have been crying that you didn't get a show car for $1200. This is the dumbest video. That car is super solid.

Good job...God bless❤😊

God bless ❤

The problem is not the old cars but the new vehicles like my 2019 jeep cherokee where you can only jack it up at the pinch welds because most of the undercarriage is covered by a plastic shield.

Cribbing is ancient and versatile. For example your style cribbing can be used with a pantograph "scissor" lift to raise the vehicle. Place cribbing stands, lower scissor lift and now you have full access to the bottom of the vehicle. Otherwise those lifts are much less useful. I tie ropes to my cribbing which makes it super easy to remove and drag. Check out first responder and towing/recovery vides on cribbing for more cool stuff mechanics can use.

How you got your car off the ground on them?

Hope things are well, could you please update with a Pic of the car

I'm a Mustang guy. I'll be stealing this and adapting for my application. Nice work!

This video series helped me get the confidence I needed to cut my transmission tunnel, and make my own to fit my trans in. Been driving my ride for a month now :)

Awesome video! I didn’t allow my Jack to move and the car came down towards me…luckily I had Chucks in place to stop it from running me over. Simple instructions forgotten over decades since HS shop class in the 80s.

Wouldn’t it have been better to get the subframe chemical dipped…to get all the rust Inside and out

Great video, thanks bro.

A great example of how to lift a car with unstable blocking on the jack.

Why didn’t you take the 1/2 off existing exhaust? Straighten up those cuts?

You did a fantastic job on that door skin. I had no idea how much was involved in replacing one. I think I will just patch the couple rust holes in mine. Liking your Camaro videos. I’m restoring my 1970. Looks like I’ll be watching a lot of your content. Thanks for sharing your experience on your restoration journey!!👍🏻

Man I really hope this guy is alright. It’s been some time since a new upload. Your videos are awesome and very helpful.

Great job.

Hows the car now

Hey, what happened to your channel, did you give up on it and this car? I hope you're ok, still breathing? If you're going to make more content I'll subscribe, let me know.😎👍

great video , cars coming along beutifully

great vid