Date:         Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:54:08 -0600
Reply-To:     Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From:         Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject:      Re: Best way to jack up whole front or back?
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
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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