Garage Lifts

[Jack T]

I am pretty sure that photo is at maximum height but optical illusion/perspective may give a false impression. The underside of the Healey is below chest height for a 6 ft person - about stomach level. The extenders on the swing beams do not fit under the Healey unless you jack the car up first and lower it onto the swing beams with the extenders fitted. Even without them it is very close on clearance to get the swing beams under the chassis rails. I’ll take some better photos on my next visit to the car. Cheers, Guy

The safety bars in the photo are clearly only in the halfway position. You are correct in having to jack up the car to get the lift pads underneath, especially on the left (muffler) side. You almost have to use the extensions to avoid crushing the exhaust system. Still a much better option than jackstands.

 

[Bob_Spidell]

FWIW, both my Healeys can be (just) driven over my QuickJack. But, I have a 'grease pit' for underneath work.

 

[dougie]

That’s why you build your own house and shop to suit .
my shop is 32X40 and I kind wish I had built it a bit bigger but then it would have overpowered the house .
My problem now is keeping space to work when storing cars for people over the winter .
maybe a second lift is in my future .

Ditto -
It sure helps when you have full design control over you garage/shop build. I bought a vintage 1927 home with room to garden for my wife and enough room to build my ideal race shop.

> New Garage Build 2015 <

 

[BN6_L1232]

The image shows my Healey on the MaxJax at full height. As you can see I have limited height in the garage however it just fits. Peter.

 

[Jack T]

The image shows my Healey on the MaxJax at full height. As you can see I have limited height in the garage however it just fits. Peter.

You don't have the safety bars in. Always use them before getting underneath the car, at least to take the pressure off the hydraulic system.

 

[Guido36]

I revisited my Healey again yesterday - it is currently 150 miles from where I live - and had the opportunity to photograph and measure on the MaxJax. My previously posted phot was indeed at ‘half mast’ - my bad. I always use the safety bars when not actually raising or lowering the car. The maximum height of the chassis rails to ground when fully raised is 44” without the extenders. At half height/ mid position it is 24” - again without the extenders. The maximum height of the posts with the rams fully extended is 89”, so that is your maximum installed height.

 

[Patrick67BJ8]

Thanks to everyone who chimed in on their lifts and information. My space is very limited to the size of a single car garage. My wife’s car shares the double car garage. My actual mechanic/wood shop is in a separate enclosed third bay.

I looked at several options and a couple seem to be a workable solution. Quick Jack and another jacking option with four individual risers. The risers would take a while to get the car up in the air, but……

Quick Jack has optional equipment which makes it doable with not much hassle and I can leave it in place and park the Healey over it.

 

[Healey Nut]

You can always make your own risers if your looking for low cost . Puts the car at a nice height for underneath on a creeper or sitting on a rolling stool. Also leaves my lift free for jobs on other cars .
It works great as a long term elevated work platform but it does take a lot of care and a bit of time to get it up on the risers safely .