Im restoring a classic car and i want to get under neath the car to clean all the dirt off and ruber paint but i dont have those lifts you get at the mechanics . eny ideas ? P.s the car has no engine there for it is easyer to lift
4 jack stands plus floor jack,,less than 100 follars,,IF you cant afford it you cant really be restoring a car,,you can't afford it
I wouldn't ride that thing right now. That could be bad. You could low side. Everything can't be working. Something went wrong. Did you top up the brake master cylinder recently? Did you use the wrong brake fluid by accident? Was the cap loose? The vent blocked? You don't want a warped rotor either. How many miles on this thing?
First off only the brake pads and rotor have friction, so the brake pads smoked and not the calipers. The cylinders had to get stuck. The brake fluid can't apply pressure by itself. You applied pressure, the cylinders squeezed the pads around the rotor, you released your pressure and the cylinders hung up and stuck thereend of story - case closed If the calipers were smoking then the pads got so hot that they fried the fluid in the cylinders and now you have gunked up brake lines and cylinders. That wouldn't have created the actual lock up though unless your cylinders have been squeezing the pads for miles and miles and you have been burning up the system for quite some time until it finally locked up like you reported It's a straight forward mechanical system that relies on hydraulic pressure applied by your hand, nothing else contributes.
bypass to Sears, or harbor freight techniques and purchase a floor jack and some jack stands. then you definitely can do all styles of restoration artwork whenever you want to replace your own oil, etc. the fee of the jack will pay for itself many circumstances over with cost cost reductions on maintanance that you would possibly want to do your self
Use 4 x 2000 lb jack standsjack up the car with a high lift floor jack
