Sean, Time to hit the junk yards. It can be fun. Are you ready for a short road trip. Get some friends together and lets roll. How about Chattanooga or Cades Cove this weekend? Tazewell, Kenneth Winter 1-800-264-6757
Linda Bartnik wrote: > > Hey all, > You will not believe what happened today! > > I was working on the '81, I first raised the front and put it on > jackstands, then let the front down and raised the rear. I was giving the > van a good inspection from the underside. That creeper that my grandfather > donated makes it much more enjoyable! > > Anyway, I had already let down the left rear. I was letting the right rear > down when all of a sudden, POP! and the van went down about an inch or two > really quickly. > > "That can't be good" I thought. > > I peeked underneath and found no signs of anything broken, so then > proceeded to crank the jack. However, I noticed that my cranking was not > being translated into downward motion on the jack. Well, now I knew what > broke. I could also not crank the jack up. Closer inspection revealed > that the vertical screw which does the raising and lowering had broken up > at the top, where it attaches to the gear that attaches to the other gear > which you turn with the handle. > > So now I was stuck. I had no way of cranking the jack down and I could not > remove the jack as the van was not lowered all the way. > > I thought quickly and went to my place of employment (using my brother's > car) and borrowed a hydraulic floor jack from them. That did the trick, I > was able to raise the van enough to get the damaged stock jack out. > > The stock jack is now scrap metal. It's not repairable. > > So I need a Vanagon jack. Be aware that the jack for a Bus will NOT work > with a Vanagon. The Bus has square jack ports while the Vanagon has round > ones. The Vanagon jack part number starts with 251. > > I'd like to get this ASAP, as I am now going to be paranoid about flat > tires. I have a good spare, I have a great lug wrench, but I don't have a > jack!! > > Any help here would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Sean
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