Thank you for all your info Scotty.
While reading a critical review of yourself, I read something that I also noticed in a video. While encouraging the use of Jack Stands (a video that I haven't seen yet), you appear to have ignored that advice in a few videos. It may have worked for you, but the guy watching that doesn't use the jack exactly right or uses the one that came with the car which when cranked up, can be tipped over just by giving the car a good shove, needs to know to USE THE STANDS. If you didn't cover it, for the occasion where the ground isn't perfectly level, chock the opposite diagonal or all tires remaining on the ground. When something works correctly 99.9% of the time, it fails in as little as 1 in a 1,000 times. Applied to the % of viewers out of millions actually using a jack = too many.
Don't misconstrue, highest praise for all you do, but I had to mention it.
PS. Started at U of I in the Fall of '76, may have just missed you. Garcia's, Flush Bizbo in the steam tunnels, pinball and my first calculator, an HP-22.
@rocketmaan
you have to put the wheel tires under the car. jack alone is a hazard. use your spare tires, use 2, and any other method to reduce the risk on injury.
Think you may have misread. recommending using JACK STANDS like Scotty encourages, not just a jack.
Do I understand you to say that you would use tires as jack stands. I think that my head and chest are bigger than the width of the wheel.
I miss the Friday night sandwiches at Garcia's
It's common sense that tells you it is wise to use jackstands or anything durable before you crawl under the car. Scotty advised jack stands in some videos.
Stay safe.
