Post Photobucket reboot from March 2011You may remember my first version of this - for the front lift, knocked up from my offcuts box. Not pretty but it worked well enough. The two lower strips of wood stop the jack slipping, and the cross tube is held on the moulding by the block of wood behind it and sits on the neoprene cushion, so no damage.
When I fitted the undertray, access to the cross tube became very tight. I left just enough room for my second version, but it can be fiddly. This is a similar idea but has a metal channel with cushion, and a long throughbolt so that the jack can't slip.
I wanted something like my rear attachment, so that it would both spread the load, and be safe.
The starting point was two aluminium offcuts, which I shaped to fit around the cross tube at the outer ends near the wheels. The plan was then to mount these on blocks, and insert other blocks to spread the load where possible, but the location would be at each end in the U shaped aluminium.
This is how it started to take shape.
This shows the load bearing blocks, and the angled piece which supports the towing eye. The aluminium L sections are also in place.
One tiny detail remains. This old trolley jack needs 120mm clearance and the wooden frame does not provide that, it's about 100mm. So my next job is to source a nice shiny new trolley jack, and I know just where to look.............
