chris the jack is made by hi lift you need an adapter to use this with a vanagon unless there is a hack i don't know about. i have one but have yet to use it with my vanagon because i have not yet made an adapter. i believe if you subscribe to the synco yahoo list there should be photos of both the jack and the adapter there. in the mean time here is a primer on adapters and such. http://www.syncro.photosite.com/Hi-Lift_Wheel_Lift_Adapters/ i believe one of the problems of in the field use is the tall piece of the jack scraping the side of the van. jonathan On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, JORDANVW@AOL.COM wrote: > since the '85 model year Vanagons have got the highest ground height > clearance of any year 2wd vanagons, and now my '85 Doka is riding on 215 75 16" > tires/wheels (thats right - on a 2wd '85 with NO suspension mods and stock > shocks/stock springs...and there is NO rubbing) i really need a jack that will lift > the van as the stock jack doesnt cut it anymore.. i was thinking about > Van-Cafe's 48" hi-lift jack: > > http://www.van-cafe.com/vanagon_parts.jsp?pa=p&p=276054337&pct=1456550857& > ct=1435197293 > > anyone have any experience with it? who makes it? and does it fit into the > stock jack holes as well as the OEM jack? > > TIA.. > chris > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To leave this list send an 'empty' message to <mailto:vanagon-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vanagon/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > vanagon-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > |
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