So my question is,

If you want to jack up the rear or the front evenly to be able to place jack stands at the normal lifting points where would you position the floor jack?

Can this be done?

Not on the differential I presume!

 

You can use the rear "pumpkin" on a C300. The one time I did on ours I put a block of wood over the jack, lifted it, got in the stands and got the weight off of it in under 5 min. The front obviously is easier as there is the central point.

 

I’m assuming the rear pumpkin is the differential?
someone told me that is a definite, no no! I also don’t know if the fact that my car is 4 Matic makes a difference on the differential vulnerability. You mentioned something about the front having a central point, but I have no idea what that point is. Thanks for responding. Hopefully somebody else will give me some confidence on what to do.

 

I've not done this on the rear end, but I have done it on the front... Check out this video. Seems pretty thorough.

DB

 

Drives me crazy that there is not a rear-middle jacking point. There is one on the front that comes in handy when replacing sway bar links and struts, easier with both wheels off the ground and stress is taken off the sway bar.

Heres a link to a Pelican Parts article on W204 jacking points. They say to use the rear diff, I personally would not. https://www.pelicanparts.com/techart...GYqlC-LsS1F2RX

I have a gravel parking area so do not feel comfortable using jack stands since its not very stable. I also do not like crawling under the car unless absolutely necessary. For things like servicing the transmission and exhaust work I will drive the car up on 4 wooden ramps I made. Because the car is so low I can only fit ramps 2 planks high under in front of the rear wheels, but if I just need the rear or the front higher i add another plank to the ramps.For work that requires removing the wheels i usually dont have to go under the car, things like brakes and suspension I can usually work within the wheel well. I have 2 floor jacks, 4 jack stands, 4 wood ramps, and a bunch of scrap wood timbers and blocks ill use. Ill use the floor jacks to jack up the car and slide the wood blocks underneath next to the jacks, then stick wood blocks under the arms of the floor jacks so if the jack fails the arm cant lower down anymore. ive even slide the wheels under the car. I go overboard and make sure there is no possible way the car can fall down on me the few times I have to go under.

 

TimC thank you for your input. I am very hesitant about lifting my car at the rear by using the differential as a jack point. I also made a pair of plank ramps for work underneath. I’ll just have to keep doing the same as you. At least we get a center jack point at the front end.

This is my baby with just 12,000 miles on it.

 

Found a photo of when I was about to service the transmission, new fluid and filter and replace a rusted out pan. I drove it up on my ramps and to level it out and make it a little easier to work under I raised the front a little with a floor jack and supported with jack stands. Its a 4matic so the front wont roll with it in park. The MB manual says to have the transmission in neutral but I didnt feel safe doing that.