>Be careful when buying a jack.< Yup, and that includes the Wolfsburg models too (88 and up, I believe), many of which came with the wrong jack standard. The was a recall that...apparently my PO did not receive...He ended up F#@*'ing up the cladding holes on mine. I wonder if I can still turn my jack in via the recall and get the proper one...anyone know if there is a statute of limitations for that kind of thing?? -Ben > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:12:47 -0500 > From: collum@VERIZON.NET > Subject: Re: jack > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Be careful when buying a jack. The ones designed for vans with side > cladding (ala Carat) are different than the ones designed for plain > vans. Jacks for the ones without cladding won't go far enough into the > jacking points of a Carat and the cladding will be damaged. > > Mike > > > > Allan Streib wrote: > > Along with the missing spare tire, my van was also missing the jack > > when I bought it. I see that some of the vendors have them, but was > > wondering if anyone has a spare they'd part with cheaply. I'll pay > > for shipping of course. Please p-mail. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Allan > > -- > > 1991 Vanagon GL > > _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.