I want to thank all 11 responses I got to the question of repairing my floor jack. The solutions offered varied from various rebuild methods to buying a new floor jack... but the simplest and cheapest (took 2 minutes and cost nothing) and most unique solution was what I tried first... and it worked!!! For those interested read below: > Bill, > > This may be a case of Crap on the Check Valve Seat Syndrome. The cure > as devised by Dr. SnapOn takes two people to effect. With the jack > unloaded, one person pumps it to the extent of its travel. He then > opens the lift valve fully while the other person pushes down on the > lifting pad with his foot as quickly as he can. This ritual is > repeated several times. If a second adult is not readily available to > assist, a kid with a decent sense of balance can easily be talked into > going for a ride on the floorjack. > > R > > |
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