jacking up my front end
hi i like to know how cant i jack the front end of my f150 [1996] today i did buy a 3 tons troley jack .now i was thinking at lifting one side at the time .
is this cant be done with out braking any thing .
all i like to do is lift it hight enuff to go under to change the oil in it.
i had a chev before and all was doing is put the jack under the center cross bar
but the f150 do not have a cross bar.just the 2 x bar .what ever you call that .
thank you

 

iv never jacked up my vehicle to change the oil so i cant help you there. my guess would be to just put it on the frame rail. but i suggest you just buy ramps or lift your truck

 

thank .this is what i was going to do in the fisrt place .buy a 2x10x8 cut in half and put them on a cement block and drive on them .
but i needed the jack any way .i am leaving for the north with my truck camper 800 klm away and a troley jack is way better in case you a flat tire.
after i post my thread i did go under the truck to see if i could do it with out lifting the truck .yes there is enuff room to take the nut off .the filter i guess i get it from the top .
thank again .

 

what year is your f150? i know i cant get the filter from the top if i remember correctly (its kinda under the engine) but it isnt hard from the bottom to take off.

 

i gotta 94 and i get mine from the top too what size is engine maybe thats the difference i got a 302

OP i figured the easiest way to change the oil is by running your trucks onto ramps ............ or buying a 6" lift kit

 

i got the 96 with the 302. ill go look right now if i can actually get at it from the top....

 

yea i could get it from the top, but its much easier from the bottom since its behind the power steering pump and below the header a little.

 

I got a stock ride height 91 2WD S-cab with 302 and I can get it from the top easily, even from underneath quite easily and I'm not a small guy either.

 

mine is leveled now which dont add much, but even before iv always done it from under the truck without ramps or jacks.

 

thank you all .
i am late to reply .
guess what .today i did go to a a auto repair shop and i ask him what be the cust to change the oil in my truck and i toll him that i had the oil and the filter .he said 15.00 so for 15.00 the hell with it i get it done there on friday .
but how cant he make money he is paying some else to do it .
i thing that i will gave him 20.00
he is big he as 4 bay and it is full all the time but it is not a gas station .
i need more help on a other problem .but i have start a new thread