Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:48:39 -0800
Reply-To: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From: Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject: Re: Sears Cycle Jack reduced to $69
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Close your eyes, click your heels together three times and repeat after me:
"There's no place like Harbor Freight, there's no place like Harbor Freight,
there's no place like Harbor Freight..."
For good or ill, there probably isn't, but that's another issue.
I had their 1000 lb. engine stand when I reassembled my 2.1 and it worked
fine, but I note the 2000 lb. stand is $99.99. I was able to move the engine
around any way I needed to with no problems, and I didn't have to make or
use any kind of adapter to bolt it up...
Seems that many people don't like Harbor Freight, and there are plenty of
good reasons for that, but if you use some common sense in buying there you
can get some good deals on stuff that is perfectly adequate for the
occasional/home mechanic. I haven't seen much there that I would use if I
was a pro and had to depend on it for a living, but for my purposes the
things I've bought there have generally worked out fine. YMMV.
Cya,
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Oda" <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: Sears Cycle Jack reduced to $69
> Kragen has one on sale now in the SFBay area for $49.95 pre-tax. Not
> sure if it's any good.
>
> What I really want is a better engine stand. I got an engine stand
> from CIP1 for $99.95 and it tends to fall over all the time. This is
> a "T" type of 2" square tubing. The weight of the engine in the rear
> seems to push the base of the stand to the left or right. I would
> prefer a four-wheel or point engine stand base. I want to mount the
> entire engine with exhaust/muffler on the stand for ease of assembly.
> Any suggestions on where to buy such a stand?
>
> Right now, I've added significant bracing to the base of my engine
> stand with 1.5" x 4" wood pieces, metal bolt-on braces, and two 1.5"
> diameter wheels. Right now, it's holding okay, but the wood has some
> flex due to compression of the wood and I want something that is solid
> as a rock. I've heard people put the "U" part of the VW engine
> bracket (the piece that bolts onto the drive plate bell housing) onto
> another engine stand. I went to Kragen and they only have something
> that looks about the same level of el cheapo base that I got.
>
> Any advice, thoughts?
>
> -- Craig
>
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 19:41:01 -0500, Carl Hansen <carl_hansen@ieee.org>
> wrote:
>> I was at the Berlin N.J. Sears Hardware store this weekend, and the Sears
>> Motocycle Jack was reduced to $69.95. Looks like it ought to work just
>> fine to drop a motor out of the Vanagon (SyncroBeast). The lift height
>> is
>> 16 1/2 inch.
>>
>> Thought the lists might appreciate the heads up. I don't know if the
>> price
>> is the same elsewhere, but it's probably worth a look see.
>>
>> This jack was selling for as much as $119.95 last summer and I've seen it
>> for sale before the Holidays at $99.95, with an extra $10.00 off now and
>> then.
>>
>> Never have I seen it as low as $69.95. I tell ya, the sucker weighs a
>> TON!!
>>
>> Hope this helps someeone else.
>>
>> Ch
>>
>> Carl Hansen
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> we grow old because we stop playing.
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>> I need a new tool dear! Ch
>>
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>> would it? - Albert Einstein
>>
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>>
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