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Date:         Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:20:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
In-Reply-To:  <20100620112455.UDXL1.800757.imail@eastrmwml35>
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I jack from the lower control arms. Nice and flat and you only have to lift a couple of inches, instead of cycling through the suspension travel first...its way faster.

Jake

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> When I first got the camper, I went through a drill to try out the OEM > jack. I did not and do not like it, as it did not seem as stable as the > scissors jacks that I have been accustomed to with Japanese vehicles. But, > it worked, and I have not done anything about a better jack. One question I > have, and have been a bit put off by in considering other jacks, is how does > one adapt them to the jack points built into the side of the van? A > scissors or a bottle jack either needs a notch or at least a flat place to > fit the jack platform. How do you guys deal with that? I would like to > have a jack that I trust more to remain stable while changing a flat if > needed. Thanks, David McNeely > > ---- Ryan Johnson <rhinoculips@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Personally, I hate the OEM jack. When I was 30 miles up a rough and very > > remote mountain road, I got a flat. The damn jack jammed half way up. > It > > wouldn't go up, nor down. It was high enough to get the flat off, but > not > > high enough to put the spare on. Thus, I had to chip and scratch away at > > the hard and rocky road base with a folding shovel, hatchet and crow bar > > until I had a deep enough hole to get the spare on. Then I had to pound > the > > jack out from under the van. A really pain in the arse. I am glad I > didn't > > have to dig a hole into the pavement to get my spare on........ > > > > Now I keep a hydraulic bottle jack and some short 2x6 boards and never > > looked back. Its nice to pump up the jack and then twist the release > valve > > to lower. Much easier than winding a "hundred" times in both directions > > with the OEM jack. My recommendation is to toss the OEM in the trash and > > get a real jack. Ideally, I would go for a HighLift, but I have yet to > find > > a satisfactory place to keep it and it's a little overkill for the run of > > the mill flat. > > > > Fair winds and following seas, > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 1:36 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> > wrote: > > > > > At 10:27 AM 6/19/2010, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" wrote: > > > > > >> Church. I destroyed my OEM jack by nit-wittedly leaning against the > > >> rear of the van when it was up on the jack. Van was in neutral, > > >> rolled a bit (it was on a slope) and twisted that jack like so much > > >> licorice. > > >> > > > > > > Cathedral. I'm too embarrassed to say what I did. It was long ago > > > and I was a spavined wee thing of only forty or so. I'll say this, > > > though -- the brake backing plate bent, and if you go to a certain > > > parking lot in Seekonk MA you might still find the dent in the asphalt. > > > Didn't hurt the jack or mount though, because they're both round and > > > designed to spin. > > > > > > And it was three other guys, it never broke and it was that way when I > got > > > it. > > > > > > Yours, > > > d > > > > > -- > David McNeely >

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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