I live in Manitoba, so I have to settle for curbs! Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Best way to jack up whole front or back?
As I drive around town I keep my eyes open for good ditches, piles of dirt, and gullies, that I can log in my head as places where I can go and drive the front end up on a mound of dirt, block the rear tires, and get on with the bleeding, I have a couples of places that will give me more than 18 inches. Once you learn to spot the places, they're everywhere. malcolm s Fred wrote: > A recent thread dealing with coolant bleeding got me to wondering > how others deal with the problem of getting the entire front end > 16 inches higher. I've tried jacking up one side with the VW jack, > putting a jackstand under the frame member and jacking up the other > side. The van always starts sliding around on the jackstand, so I > give up and park it in the driveway, which gives me about 10 inches > of lift. > > Does anyone else have this problem? Would it be better to buy a > floor jack that would lift (from the center of the frame) the whole > front end at once? If so, what would I have to pay for one and > does anyone have a recommended brand? > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Fred > 91 GL with one only one side airborne |
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