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Old 02-17-2012, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Stoney FFR View Post
I had an old family friend that owned a Porsche repair shop in Southern California back in the 70's. He was working under a car and pulled the car off of the jack stands some how. I was young, so I don't remember how he did it, but I have always been leary of jack stands after that. He survived, but was injured pretty bad.
For removing a Porsche engine (or bug) you just need some room and it is very easy with the back on jacks ----- BUT you have to secure the car, may times I saw guys pulling engines without that...now you experienced that first hand.
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