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I know I'll catch hell for saying it, but when I need to lift the back end of the car, I put a short 2x4 on top of the jack plate and put it right under the oil sump plate. I did this for 10 years with the 930 with no oil leaks and for the last year with the 1776 type 1 (with no problems, yet).  I didn't try it until I did a lot of reading on the Porsche boards and saw pictures of Porsche factory mechanics doing it. It still feels a little wrong, but I haven't had any problems, yet...

Mike

I would have thought the 930's engine mounting system would be quite different from a mid-'60s Beetle.

On the Beetle, lifting with the engine like that is basically lifting the whole car on those two little motor mounts, yes? But pulling on the rubber instead of pushing.

Obviously, it works, at least a few times.

Still, probably not a best practice. And there are ample other (metal) spots to jack on back there.

If I had to lift the car from the center of the rear like that, and couldn't reach the torsion tube, I'd get a 4x4 long enough to overlap both frame horns.

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