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Stands
If you plan to work under your vehicle, you also need a pair
of jack stands (refer to Figure 1-2 in Chapter 1). With these,
you jack up the car, place the jack stands under the car close
to where the jack is, and then remove the jack so that the
weight of the vehicle rests on the jack stands, and not on
the jack, which can collapse or roll over. The stands keep
the car off the ground with less danger of slipping and enable
you to jack up more than one side of the vehicle at a time.
Get two jack stands and read the instructions in Chapter 1
before you use them.
Substituting boxes, stones, or bricks for jack stands is very
dangerous. They can slip out or break while you're under the
car. A jack can do the same thing, so if you're going to work
under your vehicle (and you will if you plan to do your own
lube jobs), be sure to buy a pair of jack stands. The money
you save by getting under there yourself will easily pay for
the stands in no time
Creepers
If
you're going to spend a lot of time under your vehicle, you
may want a creeper, which is basically just a board with casters
under it. (See Figure 2-19.) You lie on it and move around
easily.
If
you're good at carpentry, you can make a creeper yourself
from some 0, wood and a couple of old roller-skate wheels.
If you're fed up with buying things, try lying on an old bedboard
or a ratty old blanket instead.
If you're not yet game for a lot of under-the-car work and
you just want to change your tires, change your oil, and be
done with it, forget about the creeper and just be sure that
you have a jack and jack stands that work p erly, and that
you know how to use them safely (see Chapter I). Your ow~
manual can tell you how to operate the jack that came with
your vehicle, ~ you can take the jack to an auto supply store
and ask someone there to sill you how it works. '
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