Date:         Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:38:19 +1000
Reply-To:     Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU>
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From:         Stephen Overmyer <s.overmyer@UWS.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: running board/side step for vanagon
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At 17:52 19/06/02 -0400, you wrote:
>From:    developtrust <developtrust@COX.NET>
>Subject: Re: running board/side step for vanagon
>
>It seems to me that if you use a replacement scissor jack no removal is
>necessary. Only the stock jack that fits in the holes used would require
>removal of the running board. Am I right about this?

  I think you are William...;)
>
>> >         So it must be REMOVED to use the jack-holes? What a pain
>> >         in the case of a flat!
>>
>> Does anyone have one of these running boards and do you really have to
>> remove them to use the jack?


 I'd just carry a hydraulic jack under the rear seat in case of a flat
 on the side with the running board.
 Seems much simpler than having to remove the running board.
 Hydraulic jacks are more stable than the stock jack anyway...

 YMMV...
 Steve O
 Blue Mountains NSW Aust.
 '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
 '76 Transporter Double Cab
 '68 Beetle
 '00 Transporter 5Cyl Double Cab