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• Re: levelling etc
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 07:34:43 -0600
  ...I like it slightly higher at the front. > > If the van is off side to side by a little, I use the jack on...
• Re: Jackin' Up The Van
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:39:46 EST
  ...I prefer to place the jack on the front tranny mount. This gives you the best height and provides a secure jack point. Finally...
• Friday follies: When Schitt happens... no vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:21:38 -0700
  ...So now if someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt", you can correct them. Not only do you know Jack, you know his...
• Re: Standard Vanagon Jack Base?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 20 May 2012 08:11:00 -0700
  ...jack base is designed so that it can 'rock' to the optimum position as you lift the van. > > When you insert the jack with...
• Standard Vanagon Jack Base?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 20 May 2012 11:20:23 -0200
  Speaking of jacks. Can someone tell me if they originally came with a separate square shaped rubber like pad to stabilize the foot of...
• Re: Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:53:28 -0400
  Vermont is $60 or $110 for 2 years for passenger vehicles. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Compitent mechanics Jacksonville, FL
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Fry
  Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:02:48 -0400
  Anyone have any suggestions for a mechanic in the Jacksonville area? Please respond to vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Thanks, Stephen
• Need Vanagon jack and wrench.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:47:13 -0500
  I thought I saw new jacks and lug nut wrenches at one of the Vendors. I need a set.
• Re: Front suspension bushing overhaul plus
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Nov 2015 11:30:13 -0500
  ...And then disaster struck, I had the van on jackstands up front and decided to rotate the tires. I foolishly started jacking the rear...
• Re: Jack Stands
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:38:37 -0800
  ...I also did notice that the a two ton jack is smaller than my 4 ton jack stand, which would be less stressful to...
• Re: Dolly for engine removal
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:30:45 -0800
  ...Your jack may be different. YMMV! Also this design > is not meant for a lot of use. > > > With jack saddle seated, I measured height...
• Re: Annual Licence Plate Fee - 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:22:35 -0400
  ...On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Jack R. <jack007@comcast.net> wrote: > Just sharing, the annual fee to license my 84...
• Re: Bottle Jack
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:49:09 -0800
  ...Bottle Jack To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 4:28 PM what's wrong with the stock jack ?? - other than...
• Re: Steering Rack replacement video
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 8 Oct 2020 09:33:31 -0400
  ...Jack R <jack007@COMCAST.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2020 9:22 am Subject: Steering Rack replacement video Ran...
• Re: Tranny Jack opinions
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:15:23 -0800
  ...Tranny Jack opinions A manual vanagon transmission isn't even that heavy or awkward at all. I just use a floor jack, with the...
• Re: Bottle Jack
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:25:50 -0800
  I really like the stock jack. Never had one break, but I bent one of them (the screw part), and still use it just...
• Re: Jack Stands
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:22:11 -0500
  ...The only drawback is the relatively small footprint; looks like it wouldn't be as stable as a conventional jack stand. -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Jackin' Up The Van
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 06:02:56 EST
  ...If I have a floor jack and want to raise the van from the center rear without doing one side and then the other...
• Waterboxer assembly detail sought
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:46:51 -0500
  ...on the waterboxer block case there are 10mm studs external to and internal to the water jacket casting. These are the studs that clamp...
• Re: Harbor Freight Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:08:25 -0500
  I have what I believe to be Tire Rack's version of the HF aluminum floor jack and have been using it for 3...
• Fw: Bottle Jack
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:20:03 -0800
  ...Inclined planes typically fit better under the seat of your vehicle than levers and fulcrums. : ) Bottle jacks work o.k., their bearing point has...
• Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:35:25 -0700
  At 6/19/2010 07:20 AM, Jack R. wrote: >I keep a small bottle jack in the storage area under the seat as...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:21:36 -0500
  ...but not much of a jack next to my Mack Tools regular size floor jack.. which has quite wide wheels.. and a foot thingey...
• Re: VW Stereo w/CD JAck
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 09:53:52 -0500
  ...Jay L Snyder wrote: > I have a VW stereo I picked up at the junkyard in my Westy that has a "cd" > jack on...
• Re: Front shocks replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 00:01:56 -0400
  ...I did it right the second time with the front stable on two jack stands and also the jack supporting the front controller arm...
• Re: Jack Stands
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:18:15 -0600
  Something to remember when considering Jack Stands. Take the total weight of your van, and divide by four. That weight is the weight that...
• Re: harbor freight rapid pump 1.5 ton ok for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 8 Jun 2018 20:03:17 -0700
  ...15-ton-aluminum-racing-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-60569.html > > > > 1.5 Ton Aluminum Racing Floor Jack with Rapid Pump®< > https://www.harborfreight...
• Re: [T2] Harbor Freight motorcycle jack on sale
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 23:50:30 -0500
  ...Pretty good selection of jacks > here, > too: http://www.hyjacks.com/index.html They have better than "the usual > crap" jacks. Yet another product...
• Re: Steering Rack replacement video
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Oct 2020 13:06:39 +0000
  ...Jack R <jack007@COMCAST.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2020 9:22 am Subject: Steering Rack replacement video Ran...
• SAM's Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:32:55 -0500
  I noticed at Sam's a few days ago a very nice looking, apparently heavy duty, wide track floor jack with a top that...
• Rims and jacking.
  Historical mailing list - L. J|rgen \hman
  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 01:28:05 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...apply a trolley jack if want to lift the frontend of my 1982 vanagon ? Where should i apply a trolley jack if want to...
• Re: Jackstands or ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
  Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:24:19 -0800
  ...I'm sure it's a psychological thing, but I don't like getting under my car when it's on jack stands. -Craig...
• Hi Lift jack adapter
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Thu, 1 May 2003 23:05:25 +0000
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>Just wanted to give a quick report on my Hi Lift Jack. I purchased one the other day...
• Re: Lifting a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:14:42 -0700
  ...Added a disc that fits the lift-pad on my floor-jack and jack-away. Check the lift pad on the jack to ensure...
• (F)Jack the heater guru
  Historical mailing list - Skip Correll 615-757-5508 (School)
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 19:26:10 -0400 (EDT)
  Jack: What happened with J.B. Heaters? Reply to me or the list. Skip Correll correll_skip@a1.cps.k12.tn.us
• Re: Screens and Wiper Fluid Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Oct 94 13:15:40 MDT
  Sorry about the waste of bandwidth on the last message(s). It must be Friday =(. Jack jackr@starfleet.scs.ag.gov
• Re: Missing jack & lugwrench
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:39:59 -0400
  I think Go Westy and Bus Depot sell a improved jack. You can pull these venders up on the home vanagon list page.
• Re: Front shocks replacement question
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 09:31:14 -0400
  I want to echo what Scott said about heavy-duty jack stands. I was once working on the front brakes of my '59 Ford...
• Re: Jacking points tell me if I'm wrong??
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 7 May 2013 15:00:07 -0400
  ...If only changing a tire the jack can be placed under the control arm. > Of course block and chock and use jack stands if...
• Re: Floor Jack-jacking points for the front end
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Fri, 10 May 2002 14:12:01 -0400
  Plil, A jack centered on the subframe member will in all likelihood bend the subframe some (I did that on an earlier van). What...
• Floor jack placement for tire rotation
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:59:46 -0400
  ...I have a heavy duty floor jack. Is there a preferred place to place the jack so that the car body can both take...
• Re: hammocks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Oct 94 17:07:24 MDT
  ...Now where do you get one of those? Jack jackr@starfleet.scs.ag.gov
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:17:03 -0700
  +1 After my good floor jack was stolen I picked one up from Costco - My '69 C10 is gone, the '70 Nova is gone...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 09:18:34 EST
  ...A jack; 2. English instruction manuals; Any ideas? >> As far as a Jack, you could get a 2 ton hydraulic floor jack from any...
• Re: DC to DC Charger for Aux Battery
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 19 Jun 2024 07:45:14 -0700
  ...batteries. -Mark > On Jun 18, 2024, at 7:47 AM, Jack R <jack007@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > Has anyone installed a DC to DC battery...
• Re: Vanagon role in Suez Canal Stuck Ship
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:29:23 -0700
  ...dumb > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 8:55 AM Jack Reynaert <jack.reynaert@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > So, we all know how great the...
• F. For Jack Stafford
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 10:13 PDT
  Jack, do you still have the info & phone # for the guy in Costa Mesa wishing to dump the 72 van for $200? Thanks. Scott.
• Re: Jackin' Up The Van
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:49:18 -0600
  ...That's what jack stands are for. I put the jackstands on the outriggers ahead of the rear wheels, then I lower the jack...
• Re: T6 - California Video
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Sat, 23 Jun 2018 02:23:22 -0400
  ...Reminded me too much of the Ford Aerostar... -MB On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 7:40 PM Jack R <jack007@comcast.net> wrote...
• No good deed.. WTB Vanagon Jack
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:30:47 -0400
  I loaned my jack to a neighbor. He used it on his S10 pickup and it somehow pretzeled. I wasn't there to witness...
• Re: Bay window & Vanagon jack points?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:41:24 EDT
  In a message dated 10/24/04 10:21:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET writes: > Will a jack that...
• Re: Lousy Cigarette Lighter Plugs was inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:55:34 -0700
  ...I was > surprised to hear this, but was wondering just how > much one jack can > take. In vanagons especially, the jacks were > designed for...
• Barrett Jackson Live Fedd
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:07:14 -0800
  For those that might be interested the current Barrettt-Jackson auction is being streamed live right now http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6833132/events...
• Floor Jacks...enough reach?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan 'Snuggles' Edwards
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 08:45:38 -0400 (EDT)
  hey now, i was just wondering....is a floor jack with a 16 1/2" reach gonna be big enough for a '74 van...
• Free: Jack & lug-nut wrench
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:35:33 -0300
  I salvaged a vanagon jack (and lug-nut wrench) out of canadian 85-6-7, yours if you want it, you pay shipping. M
• Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:03:17 -0400
  ...The OEM jack was somewhat unstable in >my opinion. But I did get the job done. The regular jack will lift the vehicle just...
• Re: levelling etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 09:54:49 -0800
  And also you can't use right rear jack point (door) but using one jack is pretty good. Write a note and stick it...
• Re: Racial slurs - was: Jack for the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Philip Hanson (Volt Computer)
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 09:02:06 -0800
  ...Malcolm S Philip Hanson (Volt Computer) wrote: > I don't have a jack for my '80 Westfalia. I need to get one! Can anyone...
• Jack Stands
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:53:12 -0800
  ...I have standard four ton jack stands, and they are a complete pain in the ass to fit into the vanagon, and no matter...
• Re: Front suspension bushing overhaul plus
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 9 Nov 2015 11:19:35 -0500
  ...And then disaster struck, I had the van on jackstands up > front and decided to rotate the tires. I foolishly started jacking the rear...