As I understand your setup, it still don't clear the tire and MLG area to enable wheel pant installation, however the ATV jack may well be adapted to jack on the main spar area further inboard.
--- In [email protected], "spibind tctc.com" <spib...@...> wrote: > > Someone suggested the Harbor Freight ATV jack. > I purchased one for about $70 and a 24" piece of 5/8" drill rod and a couple > of U-bolts. Drilled a couple of holes in each side of the lift arms for the > U-bolts to capture the drill rod. I cut out the forward lower cross > support. As beefy as this jack is you don't need the lower cross piece. > This gives the tire clearance. If you need to go higher you may you may want > to weld a couple of pieces of box stock on the top or set the jack on a > couple of 4 X 4's. > > Dave Crispin > N2356H > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Donald <dongen...@...> wrote: > > > I was able to jack my coupe up with a rod thru the MLG, but now I need to > > lift it higher by jacking on the main spar area in order to put the MLG > > fairings on. > > I see Harbor Freight has some transmission jacks for reasonable price, > > looks like one could use them. Has anyone come up with a simple cost > > effective method of jacking up an Ercoupe or converted a transmission jack > > for the purpose? > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
