Damn, that's through!

I didn't even know there were 2 different places, one to jack and one to stand.

I always though, "Find a sturdy spot and stick a prop."

Nah, I'm just kiddin' Thanks for the pics!

 

Cool I was lookind for this.

 

ReRead your owners manual buster before giving bad advice.

 

Its not bad advice....the manual does say not to do it, but hell almost all of us use the pumpkin to jack it up.

 

Never liked jacking on the pinch welds unless its the OEM jack.
Floor jacks have too big of a platten to correctly sit on the pinch
weld and could slip or distort the metal in that area. Jack stands
just in front of the LCA mounts in the rear.

 

But h@ll most of us know what we are doing.
He asked so evidently he has no clue as what
he is doing. This guy should avoid the pumpkin
and the cover (which is what gets damaged
and leaks when improperly jacked there) and
the axle tubes close to the pumpkin. Give the
guy some foolproof advice as it looks like he
needs that type. Asking how and where to jack
up a stang and place jackstands. Just whats this
guy gonna do once he gets it up there? One piece
driveshaft? LCAs? Springs/struts? Wheel rotation?

 

For theOP some good pics in this link

https://mustangforums.com/m_3355078/...tm.htm#3355078

 

Thanks I was looking for a pick of that jack point. The manual only says "Notch". and I was looking for a picture. Did a search and this came up. However, yours are better Mike.

Thanks,

 

I concur on the "never liked" part, but have done so innumerable times.
An ordinary floor jack's "platen" almost always results in edge-on-edge,
high-specific-load interface when applied on those pinches.

I use a small block of semi-hard wood, one-half to three-quarters-inch thick and
cut to fit in the floor jack's pad well. It spreads the stress over the entire pinch if
jacking just one side, and over the bottom of the "pumpkin" when jacking both
rear wheels at once.

It's been effective and habitual for decades. Only problem I've had with the Mustang
is getting the dern jack under the edges after fitting lowering springs (Steeda Sport,
an inch and an inch-and-a-quarter drop). Since then, I drive the appropriate axle up on
a taper-cut mini-ramp section of 4x6. Sometimes that's enough lift, but when more
height is required, the jack-plus-block slips under there OK.

The Owner's Manual instructions are risk-management-driven, a compromise between
useful information and Cover Our *** just in case, on the part of manufacturers. Most
of what they have to say is reasonable and correct; a few cautionary words about the
pumpkin or axles as jacking points is cheap in comparison to potential liability if they
leave it out and face paying for the consequences of inappropriate use by reckless jackers.

They wouldn't, for instance, be obligated to state, "Don't try to jack up your Mustang by
placing the jack under any part of the Panhard Rod itself", or "Avoid driving your Mustang
up a power pole guy wire". Pictures of which I saw on one forum or another.

That's what I think, anyway.

Edit: speeling and, punctuation, corrections.

 

Ford just says that so they can save there *** if the jack slips or something.

This is how I do it. (From wingman75)

The red dots are where the jack stands go. The arrow is where the floor jack goes.