Oil drain pan

[smurfslayer]

Mustang owners spend THOUSANDS on accessories, performance upgrades, wheels, finish coatings etc etc - you can pick up a 6000 lb Quick Jack for about 1500 bucks or less if you shop around.

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[jbrnigan]

See, I think if I was going to justify buying one, I'd get the 8000lb model so I could use it to work on other peoples cars (and my SUV etc as well)

My 6000# lift raises my Mustang, wife's Lexus, daughters Highlander and Camry - EASILY. My '24 F-250 already sits pretty high, so I do use a drive on ramp for the oil changes on it, but I do have the lift extensions and it lifts the truck just fine - albeit, not a full lift, due to garage ceiling height, but great for wheel end work / tire rotations.

 

[steveo1960]

If my driveway were flat/level I would purchase one of these in a minute however my driveway has a slight slope to it so I don't think this would work for me.

 

[LouG]

Don't do what I did and think a 10 litre pan would be OK. It filled to a mm from the top.
Every tried to slide out an oil pan without sloshing?

 

[JPGC_S650]

Does that have enough access to drop the trans to do the clutch?

Can you drop the front K member or is it not high enough?

Those look tempting but expensive for oil changes and tire rotations

The QuickJack set up is nice. I can almost sit up while under the car at their full height and I have done oil changes, tire changes, exhaust replacement, MGW shifter install, and suspension (full) replacement with the QuickJack. I can't say for sure though on the K-Member if you are bringing everything down with it. Should be able to swap a clutch....should.

 

[BimmerDriver]

I found this at Summit Racing, to give an idea of what I'm looking at: Dorman 95-1371 Dorman Drain Pans | Summit Racing

Do you folks not find that these kind of pans cause a lot of splashing and make a mess? Instead, I have one like this: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/lil-17972?rrec=true

Yes, you have to be more careful, but I don't transport the oil in it, instead, I pour it into old 5 qt. containers and use those to take it to recycling.

... does anyone have a good quality set of ramps high enough to crawl under the car to drain the oil that I could look into? I know the ramps need to have a long gradual slope to clear the chin spoiler.

Don't cheap out on ramps!

I bought a very nice set many years ago that are too steep for the Mustang, so I use 2x4s to build a ramp ramp so that the chin can clear. Yeah, it's a pain. If i had to do it all over again, I'd get these race ramps mentioned here. I suspect that they weren't available way back when before electricity when I bought mine.

 

[robvas]

Which Rhino Ramps or Black Widow models are you guys using? What angle etc will the car make it up without scraping

 

[Jeflon]

Thanks so much gentleman,,, for the response on the race ramps! They'er pretty pricey but I think that's the best solution for me. Skye, thanks for the pics. You sold me! What size are those that you have? Their web site has many options. I appreciate your input!

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