Jacking / Jackstand Points, Service Manual?
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Burning Brakes
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Jacking / Jackstand Points, Service Manual?
Two questions:
1- Is the service/shop manual available for the '00-01 TLs yet? I'm sure it costs like almost a hundred bucks but I want it. Anyone get it yet?
2- From #1, it should be obvious that I wish to do maintenence on the car myself. I just looked under the car, and I couldn't find good places to support the car on jackstands. Where do you guys jack and support the car, and tell me for both front and back if possible. Pics would be really nice. And yes, I have normal jackstands and a hydraulic jack.
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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, burlwood shift, Whistler 6-band
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
-Permanent tinitus courtesy of Rockford-Fosgate
1- Is the service/shop manual available for the '00-01 TLs yet? I'm sure it costs like almost a hundred bucks but I want it. Anyone get it yet?
2- From #1, it should be obvious that I wish to do maintenence on the car myself. I just looked under the car, and I couldn't find good places to support the car on jackstands. Where do you guys jack and support the car, and tell me for both front and back if possible. Pics would be really nice. And yes, I have normal jackstands and a hydraulic jack.
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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, burlwood shift, Whistler 6-band
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
-Permanent tinitus courtesy of Rockford-Fosgate
OG
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YOu didn't look hard enough. The jacking points for the front is right behind the front wheels and for the rear is just before the rear wheels. You will have to look underneath the car to see it. Also, if your car isn't lowered and don't have a kit, you do not have to jack up the car to change oil/tranny fluid.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by AcuraTL:
YOu didn't look hard enough. The jacking points for the front is right behind the front wheels and for the rear is just before the rear wheels. You will have to look underneath the car to see it. Also, if your car isn't lowered and don't have a kit, you do not have to jack up the car to change oil/tranny fluid.
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YOu didn't look hard enough. The jacking points for the front is right behind the front wheels and for the rear is just before the rear wheels. You will have to look underneath the car to see it. Also, if your car isn't lowered and don't have a kit, you do not have to jack up the car to change oil/tranny fluid.
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Anyone else???
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'88 White RX-7 Convertible
-Permanent tinitus courtesy of Rockford-Fosgate
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Does anyone have the Helm manual, and if so, is it good or should I get the manual from Acura?
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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, burlwood shift, Whistler 6-band
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
-Permanent tinitus courtesy of Rockford-Fosgate
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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, burlwood shift, Whistler 6-band
'88 White RX-7 Convertible
-Permanent tinitus courtesy of Rockford-Fosgate
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I use the same locations AcuraTL was refering to. I also use a piece of 2x4 on my stands with the indentation in wood, works well! I also like too see and work on the car without being so cramped. Sorry i can't help you on question #1.
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2000 Fire Pepper Red/ebony TL, non-navi. factory spoiler, std chrome wheels, 35% tint, comptech exhaust, wood trim kit...
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I don't know about you guys but I block my cars up with wood before crawling under them. Don't use those concrete cinder blocks, please!
Can't help Gomez, haven't had that problem yet, only have 2600 miles on her.
Let me know what happens. You can put the blocks anywhere along the frame I would say, jack the biznatch up and have a look. 
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Can't help Gomez, haven't had that problem yet, only have 2600 miles on her.
Let me know what happens. You can put the blocks anywhere along the frame I would say, jack the biznatch up and have a look. ------------------
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you might want to jack the car up from a different location than the suggested jacking points. In other words, jack the car up from the flat and solid place medial to the jacking points on the front. Then you can put the jackstands on the suggested jacking points.
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2000 Metalic Silver TL
Comptech springs
AEM Short Ram
Polarg M-12 Side signals
Bra - XPEL clear bra, that is.
Pikkachu on the back passenger window
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2000 Metalic Silver TL
Comptech springs
AEM Short Ram
Polarg M-12 Side signals
Bra - XPEL clear bra, that is.
Pikkachu on the back passenger window
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by UW TL:
you might want to jack the car up from a different location than the suggested jacking points. In other words, jack the car up from the flat and solid place medial to the jacking points on the front. Then you can put the jackstands on the suggested jacking points.
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you might want to jack the car up from a different location than the suggested jacking points. In other words, jack the car up from the flat and solid place medial to the jacking points on the front. Then you can put the jackstands on the suggested jacking points.
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UW - by medial to the jacking point, do you mean the frame rail towards the center of the car from the jacking point? It felt like it was covered in a flimsy plastic piece that I didn't want to ruin, but I didn't look to close.
Maybe I should just jack an end up and look for another suitable point.
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'88 White RX-7 Convertible
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sorry i wasn't being very clear. Yes, medial to the jacking points is the frame rail. For the front, you will see 2 bolts right next to each other on the frame rail. That's the place to jack the car from - directly on the bolts. Then u can put the jack stands on the suggested jacking points. For the rear, DO NOT jack it from the simliar place (on the frame rail) cuz it's hollow on the rear!! There are places around the suggested jacking points that you might want to try (be sure to knock on them first and compare the sound - dull vs. resonant. The duller the better.. I need to double check on my car to give u a definite answer cuz I don't want to screw your car up
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2000 Metalic Silver TL
Comptech springs
AEM Short Ram
Polarg M-12 Side signals
Bra - XPEL clear bra, that is.
Pikkachu on the back passenger window
[This message has been edited by UW TL (edited December 23, 2000).]
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gomez:
Thanks, UW - that's more what I was looking for: somewhere to jack and also to stand. I guess I wasn't obvious enough in pointing out that the jacking points are useless for jackstands if the jack happens to be on them at the time. "OK, Bubba - pull the jack out real quick and slip this stand under her before the car falls..."
UW - by medial to the jacking point, do you mean the frame rail towards the center of the car from the jacking point? It felt like it was covered in a flimsy plastic piece that I didn't want to ruin, but I didn't look to close.
Maybe I should just jack an end up and look for another suitable point.
Originally posted by UW TL:
you might want to jack the car up from a different location than the suggested jacking points. In other words, jack the car up from the flat and solid place medial to the jacking points on the front. Then you can put the jackstands on the suggested jacking points.
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you might want to jack the car up from a different location than the suggested jacking points. In other words, jack the car up from the flat and solid place medial to the jacking points on the front. Then you can put the jackstands on the suggested jacking points.
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UW - by medial to the jacking point, do you mean the frame rail towards the center of the car from the jacking point? It felt like it was covered in a flimsy plastic piece that I didn't want to ruin, but I didn't look to close.
Maybe I should just jack an end up and look for another suitable point.
2000 Metalic Silver TL
Comptech springs
AEM Short Ram
Polarg M-12 Side signals
Bra - XPEL clear bra, that is.
Pikkachu on the back passenger window
[This message has been edited by UW TL (edited December 23, 2000).]
OG
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The frame rails in the front and rear are both hollow. I inspect cars for a living and it might look like it is solid up front, but it is hollow.
You should see a lower cross-member underneath the front of the vehicle, you can use that as a jacking point. Or, you can jack where the front tow hooks are, same for the rear.
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You should see a lower cross-member underneath the front of the vehicle, you can use that as a jacking point. Or, you can jack where the front tow hooks are, same for the rear.
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1999 Silver with factory body kit, spoiler and burlwood instrument cluster and shift knob. Joshua Tree Wood dash kit. Hella air horns. Tint all around. Razo competition pedals. MOMO Sport 18"X7.5" with 225/40ZR Pirelli P7000SS. Weapon-R intake. Comptech springs, exhaust and headers. Inspire Tailights, homemade ram-air and Polarg M-12 front turn signals. Comptech front and rear sway bar. Axxis Metal Master front and rear pads.
My AcuraTL Homepage
NEW: '01 Acura MDX Silver Premium
Front 35% tinted windows. Running boards. Roof rack. Tailgate deflector. Moonroof visor. Rear mud guards. Razo premium white headlight bulbs. Matriz ion yellow fog light bulbs(courtesy of Snook). More to come later......
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