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Was taking care of my chores today (oil change on my truck and wife's car and tire rotations on both) and figured I'd share something I did for my car ramps. Now, I know most of you already know or have made similar helpful tools, but sometimes it helps to see what some do to save time.
I like using car ramps, but my wifes car, and ironically my truck, both need help getting onto the ramps because of fog light/low front end setups. I made these ramp helpers out of left over 3/4 inch plywood and 2x4 scraps cut and screwed together. The ramp lead-ins are long enough to let all my cars and truck get fully on the boards before staring on the ramps. The ramps themselves sit on the plywood, in order to save my blacktop driveway. The endcap of wood keeps the ramps tidy.
This setup is nice and easy to make. I also posted a pic of how I wrap the framerail of my wifes car when changing her oil filter which is 90°, so the oil runs out. That paper saves the mess on the car chassis and directs it to the waste pan. Also, the waste pan is sitting on a piece of 1/4 inch plywood, which is great for catching the spillover of oil, plus doubles as the base for my hydraulic jack, when using that in the driveway, perfect size and the thickness makes getting the jack on and off easy.
* ALWAYS use safe procedures! I use park, emergency brake, and wheel chocks on the back tires when using these ramps.
Again common stuff but you can apply this to your Cougars!
Kevin
I like using car ramps, but my wifes car, and ironically my truck, both need help getting onto the ramps because of fog light/low front end setups. I made these ramp helpers out of left over 3/4 inch plywood and 2x4 scraps cut and screwed together. The ramp lead-ins are long enough to let all my cars and truck get fully on the boards before staring on the ramps. The ramps themselves sit on the plywood, in order to save my blacktop driveway. The endcap of wood keeps the ramps tidy.
This setup is nice and easy to make. I also posted a pic of how I wrap the framerail of my wifes car when changing her oil filter which is 90°, so the oil runs out. That paper saves the mess on the car chassis and directs it to the waste pan. Also, the waste pan is sitting on a piece of 1/4 inch plywood, which is great for catching the spillover of oil, plus doubles as the base for my hydraulic jack, when using that in the driveway, perfect size and the thickness makes getting the jack on and off easy.
* ALWAYS use safe procedures! I use park, emergency brake, and wheel chocks on the back tires when using these ramps.
Again common stuff but you can apply this to your Cougars!
Kevin
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