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Date:         Tue, 14 Sep 1999 18:36:03 +0200
Reply-To:     Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
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From:         Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
Subject:      Re: Putting an engineless vanagon on ramps
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I always jack the bus up by using the trailer hook. Easy to get a jack under it, safe on the front wheels...

Raimund#

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Coby Smolens <cobys@WELL.COM> An: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Datum: Dienstag, 14. September 1999 17:22 Betreff: Re: Putting an engineless vanagon on ramps

>I'd say you could get a good floor jack under the front tranny mount - we >have used this spot for years. In the old days at Gandalf's Garage, before >we had lifts, we did everything on the floor using jackstands and >floorjacks. We always picked the whole rear (or front) of the van up from >the middle this way. You slide the jack under the car from either side, from >in front of the rear wheel. In the front you can use the frame piece at the >back edge of the spare tire pan. > >Coby > >Valley Wagonworks >"Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959" > >Volkswagen Bus, Vanagon, Westfalia and Eurovan >Repair and Service Specialists > >1535 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, CA 94933 >Voice:(415) 457-5628 >Fax: (415) 457-0967 >http://wagonworks.com >mailto:contact@wagonworks.com > > > >> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:04:30 -0400 >> From: Markus Benne <mbenne@CROSSKEYS.COM> >> Subject: Putting an engineless vanagon on ramps >> >> Is there a good place at the back of the vanagon to jack an engineless >> bus up high enough to get car ramps under it? >> >> Thanks, >> ...Markus >> >


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