The Ford Factory Jack and where to place it

[Grabber]

Here are the lift points as shown in the Ford workshop manual:

SECTION 100-02: Jacking and Lifting2007 Mustang Workshop ManualDESCRIPTION AND OPERATIONProcedure revision date: 06/19/2006

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CAUTION: Do not allow the lift adapters to contact the steering linkage, suspension arms, stabilizer arms, or to compress the lower suspension arm stabilizer bar insulator. Damage to the suspension, exhaust and steering linkage components may occur if care is not exercised when positioning the hoist adapters prior to lifting the vehicle.

 

CAUTION: Never use the differential housing as a lift point. Damage to the differential housing and cover may occur.

 

CAUTION: To prevent possible damage to the underbody, do not drive the vehicle onto the drive-on lift without first checking for possible interference. Check for interference between the upright flanges of the hoist rails and the underbody. If an interference exists, modify the hoist flanges or build up the approach ramps as necessary to provide clearance.

 

CAUTION: Adapters may be necessary to clear vehicle components to lift the vehicle safely. The adapters must be placed at the 4 designated contact points. Position the adapters so they are centered on the adapter contact area.

 

CAUTION: Do not position lift pads under the crossmembers, body damage may occur.

 

CAUTION: Do not lift vehicle on convertible cross brace. Body damage may occur.

 

NOTE: Convertible shown, coupe similar.

 

Lift the vehicle at the applicable lift points.

 

The Mustang GT Comes with a factory ford jack and spare. The jack is made to use on the 4 jack points located just behind the rocker panels where the body panels are seamed together. This is a recommended place to jack the S197 body style Mustand. The GT500 has these cut outs in the same spots, so this jack will work for the GT500 also.

 

Here is the locations of where the cut outs are.

[Grabber]

Here is the jack.

 

Here is how to position the jack to lift the front of the car.

[Grabber]

Here is how to position the jack to lift the rear of the car.

 

Here is the factory supplied lug wrench.

 

Here are some photos of the spare and the storage area in the GT Trunk.

[FiaCobra]

Grabber, nice pics as always.

 

Question: Will that spare fit on the rear or our cars? I know the spare won't clear the brembo calipers in the front. If it does fit the rear, i may install it in the trunk. Hey, i got a 50-50 chance the flat will be in the rear tire....lol

[Grabber]

Grabber, nice pics as always.

 

Question: Will that spare fit on the rear or our cars? I know the spare won't clear the brembo calipers in the front. If it does fit the rear, i may install it in the trunk. Hey, i got a 50-50 chance the flat will be in the rear tire....lol

The same trunk body wheel well cavity is in our GT500's....so yes it will fit.

 

Edit: You will have to find another location for your tire inflator kit. It's currently in there.

[FiaCobra]

The same trunk body wheel well cavity is in our GT500's....so yes it will fit.

 

Edit: You will have to find another location for your tire inflator kit. It's currently in there.

 

You mis-understood my question. I was asking if the donut spare tire would fit on the rear of the car in case of a flat. If it fits, i'll pick up a spare and keep it in the well incase i get a flat to one of the rear tires. I know the donut will not clear the Brembo brakes up front.

[Grabber]

You mis-understood my question. I was asking if the donut spare tire would fit on the rear of the car in case of a flat. If it fits, i'll pick up a spare and keep it in the well incase i get a flat to one of the rear tires. I know the donut will not clear the Brembo brakes up front.

This I am not sure of.

[ingram4868]

Rob, is the spare tire well in the CS painted? I sure wish my GT500 had been painted.

[Grabber]

Rob, is the spare tire well in the CS painted? I sure wish my GT500 had been painted.

 

It does have a light coat of Performance White on it.

[6-Speed]

The same trunk body wheel well cavity is in our GT500's....so yes it will fit.

 

Edit: You will have to find another location for your tire inflator kit. It's currently in there.

You won't need the inflator if you have a spare that works. But I'm not sure the temporary spare will fit.

[Grabber]

You won't need the inflator if you have a spare that works. But I'm not sure the temporary spare will fit.

 

 

He will need it for the front tires. This spare won't work on the fronts due to the big brakes on the GT500.

[6-Speed]

He will need it for the front tires. This spare won't work on the fronts due to the big brakes on the GT500.

Some have suggested taking the musical wheels approach - first replace a good rear tire with the spare and then replacing the flat front tire with the rear tire. I would not run very long or fast with one smaller size tire in the rear due to wear on the limited slip differential clutches. I am not sure whether there are any handling issues with running one wider tire in the front - I imaging it would be okay for short distances at low speeds.

[89Saleen215]

Just a thought, but I have the Cobra spare for my car (89) to clear the Wilwood's on front. Isn't it the same lug bolt spacing as the GT 500? I was going to test mine out to see if my hunches are correct...just haven't gotten around to it yet.

[skiph]

OK. Yea, that is a Mustang jack, and those are the lift points in the manual.

 

But if you look close, that means you are lifting the car by the lip (virtical piece below the rocker panels where inner and outer body parts are held together). I'm cool with lifing the rear of the car there, heck the lip even looks reinforced there. But the front of this puppy is HEAVY. I asked the shop guys at my dealer, and they said just inside the lip was great for the back, and OK for the front (but further in where there is tick metal bolted to the frame under the car - sorry no pic yet). But not to lift by the lip, particularly in the front. Saying I'd probably be OK lifting by the lip in the back.

 

Now I have two floor jacks. The smaller one lifts my the lip (has a cutout in the middle just for tha), the larger one is your standard floor jack that works on the flat parts inside the lip. If I absolutely knew that the one that lifts by the lip (like the standard mustang jack does, shown in the first couple posts of this thread), I would MUCH rather carry that in the back 'cus it is a LOT smaller. Leaving room for more on-the-road goodies like coolant, couple of quarts of oil, that fix-o-flat kit I'm hoping I never have to use, and such.

 

Has anybody lifted a GT500, front of the car by the lip, like the standard Mustang jack would do? If so, how many times and has anybody noticed any hit or warping or that it might be to heavy for that?

[Grabber]

Ford's Directions for lifting a GT500 and a GT or a V6 Pony are all the same.

 

Take note:

 

Lifting PDF file:

Lifting.pdf

 

Jacking PDF file:

Jacking.pdf

Lifting.pdf

Jacking.pdf

[skiph]

Ford's Directions for lifting a GT500 and a GT or a V6 Pony are all the same.

 

Take note:

 

Lifting PDF file:

Lifting.pdf

 

Jacking PDF file:

Jacking.pdf

 

 

Thanks Grabber. I am a believer now. :beatdeadhorse:

 

It's just freaking amazing that those joints can hold that much weight.

 

Using the smaller scissors jack saves a TON of space in the spare tire well too. Leaves room for other goodies like extra oil, coolant, car wash and towels (well, it has to look good too).

 

You the man!

[cloud9]

OK. Yea, that is a Mustang jack, and those are the lift points in the manual.

 

But if you look close, that means you are lifting the car by the lip (virtical piece below the rocker panels where inner and outer body parts are held together). I'm cool with lifing the rear of the car there, heck the lip even looks reinforced there. But the front of this puppy is HEAVY. I asked the shop guys at my dealer, and they said just inside the lip was great for the back, and OK for the front (but further in where there is tick metal bolted to the frame under the car - sorry no pic yet). But not to lift by the lip, particularly in the front. Saying I'd probably be OK lifting by the lip in the back.

 

Now I have two floor jacks. The smaller one lifts my the lip (has a cutout in the middle just for tha), the larger one is your standard floor jack that works on the flat parts inside the lip. If I absolutely knew that the one that lifts by the lip (like the standard mustang jack does, shown in the first couple posts of this thread), I would MUCH rather carry that in the back 'cus it is a LOT smaller. Leaving room for more on-the-road goodies like coolant, couple of quarts of oil, that fix-o-flat kit I'm hoping I never have to use, and such.

 

Has anybody lifted a GT500, front of the car by the lip, like the standard Mustang jack would do? If so, how many times and has anybody noticed any hit or warping or that it might be to heavy for that?

 

I have used this method with a floor jack over a dozen times this year to swap wheels/tires for road course and autocross events. No issues. I have to admit, I'm also amazed at how much weight that joint will hold in the front :unsure:

[Grabber]

I copied these pic's from another source that had a bad experience with someone jacking the front of their car in the wrong location.

 

Never ever let anyone jack or lift the front of your car on the front cross frame members. The car is so heavy that the frame member will push into the unibody and dent it.

 

 

[ati]

So now that we know where to jack the car from, Where do we put the jack stands???

[Grabber]

So now that we know where to jack the car from, Where do we put the jack stands???

 

 

For the front of the car use the main uni-body frame rail at the location where I have the Red dot's painted. I put red dots there in case I have to explain this to a tech that might not know where to support the car and so I would never forget.

 

For the rear of the car use these spots that are adjacent the jack point. See my red dots for exact location.

[ati]

For the front of the car use the main uni-body frame rail at the location where I have the Red dot's painted. I put red dots there in case I have to explain this to a tech that might not know where to support the car and so I would never forget.

For the rear of the car use these spots that are adjacent the jack point. See my red dots for exact location.

 

Are the red dot areas for jack stands only or can we jack from that area also?

[6-Speed]

For the front of the car use the main uni-body frame rail at the location where I have the Red dot's painted. I put red dots there in case I have to explain this to a tech that might not know where to support the car and so I would never forget.

 

For the rear of the car use these spots that are adjacent the jack point. See my red dots for exact location.

So how come your tech didn't use the red dots to position the lift points? What did he use, the floor jack points?

[Grabber]

So how come your tech didn't use the red dots to position the lift points? What did he use, the floor jack points?

 

Yes, he used the floor jack points. My car has been lifted that way many times with no issues.

[Grabber]

Are the red dot areas for jack stands only or can we jack from that area also?

 

You can jack from the red dot areas too. I put a wood block with a rag taped to the block to prevent scratching the paint.

[sharabi]

Yes, he used the floor jack points. My car has been lifted that way many times with no issues.

 

 

Same when they changed the oil no issues also.

[ati]

You can jack from the red dot areas too. I put a wood block with a rag taped to the block to prevent scratching the paint.

 

Thanks For The INFO Rob

[Grabber]

Bump for Jeff

[Grabber]

Here are a couple more pic's of where you should lift a GT500 when using a lift in a shop. These were taken during my recent TSB work. The pinch weld on the unibody frame is very strong and will not fail.

 

 

 

 

 

[6-Speed]

Yes, he used the floor jack points. My car has been lifted that way many times with no issues.

Have you lifted the front with a single jack positioned at one of those red dots? I am a little nervous (okay a lot nervous) when putting twist on the chassis by jacking it up from one side only.

[Grabber]

Have you lifted the front with a single jack positioned at one of those red dots? I am a little nervous (okay a lot nervous) when putting twist on the chassis by jacking it up from one side only.

 

Yes I have lifted it at the red dot. I just take it up far enough to take the tire off. I use a pallet jack to put the load on 2 points.