Jacking up the car
 

I used the method described in Wayne's book. Put the floor jack on the transmission(with a piece of wood) and just up the car. My question is, when you lift up the rear section(two rear wheels airborne), since it's a rear wheel-drive car, put the gear in first and pull up the hand brake is not going to help to stop the car. If I jack up the car high enough, will the car just slide forward and come off the floor jack? I can think of putting a wheel stop on the front wheel. Any other recommendation? Just want to be safe.

Do a search on jacking. Many, many, many threads. Personally, I use the side jacking points and place supports on the rear torsion bar tubes and behind the front wheel wells.

As far using the engine or tranny as a jack point, these are the two most expensive components on my Porsche. It seems very silly and dangerous to use them to support the rest of the car.

i put bricks all around the front tires... or you could just jack it up on all fours.

I have several rubber chocks that I have found over the years on the side of the road, presumably from maint. trucks that drove off.

When the rear is lifted, be sure to chock the front of one front wheel and the rear of the other front wheel to prevent crawling (which hardly ever happens). It is also a good idea to use a thick bit of newspaper between wood and the engine bottom.

John

What ever you do to get it up on jack stands, do the exact same in reverse order to get it down. Don't take any short cuts or you may drop your car. Don't ask me how I know. DOHH!

What kind of floor jack are you using? Mine has wheels (and I think they all do) if the car moves at all the jack just rolls along with it.

$149 heavy duty from Sears, it has wheels. It seems like car rolling forward is not a concern? How would people keep the body steady when doing an engine drop?

Well once you have the car jacked up you put it on jack stands of course.