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• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - most david
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:12:31 -0700
  ...Harbor Freight Floor Jacks > >� I've got to get a floor jack. Anyone tried the HF floor jacks? > >Thanks. > >John > >-- >John Rodgers >Clayartist and...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:28:07 +0000
  ...Floor jack, probably not. As for floor jacks, I've always wanted a really good quality floor jack like gas stations/repair shops use...
• Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:43:43 -0500
  I've got to get a floor jack. Anyone tried the HF floor jacks? Thanks. John -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW...
• Re: Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:24:52 -0700
  Although easier to position and move around than floor jacks, bottle jacks also require a lever that is several feet long. Also they have...
• Re: Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:06:50 +0000
  ...Although easier to position and move around than floor jacks, bottle jacks also require a lever that is several feet long. Also they have...
• Re: Jack for the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 07:11:49 -0500
  ...http://www.hyjacks.com/wichjac.htm Other pages of interest - Jack Basics: http://www.hyjacks.com/H7.HTM General Floor Jack History: http://www...
• harbor freight rapid pump 1.5 ton ok for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mike riley
  Fri, 8 Jun 2018 15:22:14 +0000
  anybody use this https://www.harborfreight.com/15-ton-aluminum-racing-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-60569.html [https://www.bing.com/th?id...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:07:46 -0700
  At 7/22/2011 08:43 AM, John Rodgers wrote: > I've got to get a floor jack. Anyone tried the HF floor jacks...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:12:45 -0700
  I have one of their aluminum floor jacks that I used at the racetrack when I was racing. Light and pretty good. It's...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Ken Weikel
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:02:56 -0400
  ...On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > Harbor Freight Floor Jacks > > I've got to...
• Re: test of VC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sat, 18 Oct 1997 00:06:00 -0400
  ...With a properly functioning VC, power should be transfered to the front wheels and the van will move forward draging the floor jack with...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Casey H
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:26:18 -0400
  I bought one of the beefier HF floor jacks. It was on sale. Bright yellow body, black wheels, white handle. Weight-rated for I...
• Survey: How do you jack up your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:15:44 EDT
  ...If you use a floor jack, how do you position the jack on the bottom of the jack receivers built into the Vanagon? If...
• Re: Floor jack placement for tire rotation
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:22:12 -0500
  ...Less likely to screw up the jack point that way, making the factory jack unusable. Hydraulic floor jacks are wonderful, but take no chances...
• Floor jack Vanagon recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:03:11 -0400
  Hi folks, My Harbor freight jack is failing so I need a new floor jack. Has anyone purchased one from Amazon that has held...
• Re: Survey: How do you jack up your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Shelander
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 20:27:57 PDT
  I use the stock jack for emergencys, floor jack at home when doing planned maintenance, and yesterday at an estate sale I aquired a...
• Re: Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:06:42 -0700
  ...Also they have a smaller > contact area for lifting than floor jacks. > > What about the OEM jack? The few times I've used mine...
• Re: Floor jack placement for tire rotation
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:48:33 -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: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:46:46 -0500
  ...It was a good safe way to use a floor jack, and was out where you could see what was going on and not...
• Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:31:28 +0000
  ...small garage to jack up and put on Jack Stands....narrow garage means hard to maneuver and use Floor Jack.  But what about a...
• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine? and some info on floor jacks.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:44:01 -0700
  I would be careful if you do the job with one of those Harbor Freight floor jacks that are so inexpensive and light. I...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:42:30 -0700
  ...I've wanted to try one of their aluminum racing floor jacks - One of these days. I already have 4 floor jacks....though one...
• Re: Where to place my jack?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 2 Sep 2021 10:27:59 -0700
  ...You could use a pair of jack stands, raise > one > > side, put on the jack stand, lower floor jack and do the same on...
• Re: jackstands vs. ramps
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:25:25 -0600
  I have all three(stands/ramps and floor jack). I use the ramps primarily for bleeding the cooling system and pulling radiator etc or...
• 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...
• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine? and some info on floor jacks.
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:15:19 -0700
  ...Other > than that minor fault, which you can work around, those > aluminum floor > jacks, China copies of $1000k racetrack jacks, are really > great..lift...
• Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 3 May 2024 07:57:08 -0400
  Hi folks, Earlier I reported a fairly new Harper Freight floor jack failed. I was looking for a different jack. In the end I...
• Re: Sears floor jack on sale/fits in bus
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Otter
  Thu, 15 May 2003 09:40:24 -0400
  I just bought a Sears Craftsman 3-ton floor jack that is specifically rated for SUV's with high clearance. Even so, I think...
• Where do I place the floor jack ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 12:58:13 CDT
  Being new to Vanagons I would like some opinions on where to place a floor jack to jack up the rear of the vehicle...
• 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...
• Re: harbor freight rapid pump 1.5 ton ok for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Fri, 8 Jun 2018 08:41:33 -0700
  ...com/15-ton-aluminum-racing-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-60569.html > > > > 1.5 Ton Aluminum Racing Floor Jack with Rapid Pump®< > https://www...
• Re: extra jack?
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Thu, 13 Apr 95 10:15:22 EDT
  ...I got the Sears Craftsman 2-ton floor jack for $50.00 on sale. You can get their super heavy duty 3 ton deluxe...
• Re: SAM's Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 9 Aug 2013 21:36:13 +0000
  ...Looked > a > whole bunch more stable than a floor jack with 2X4 lumber holding an > engine or tranny for balance. > Just wondering if anyone...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:01:39 -0700
  ...Anyone tried the HF floor jacks? > > Thanks. > > John > > -- > John Rodgers > Clayartist and Moldmaker > 88'GL VW Bus Driver > Chelsea, AL > Http://www.moldhaus.com
• Re: Good types of drive-on lift ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Wed, 26 May 2010 08:58:52 -0700
  ...Lifting the uphill (unpadded) side with a floor jack is easy. Once that end is up on jackstands, I need to lift the other...
• Re: Where to place my jack?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:01:08 -0700
  I don't think there's a good place for a floor jack to raise the front of the so both wheels come up...
• Re: Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 May 2024 09:30:47 -0400
  ...jack to HF. > > I’ve learned how to bleed a floor jack and been reminded to never trust the jack and get the jack...
• Re: Where do I place the floor jack ?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 11:59:53 -0700
  ...Where do I place the floor jack ? > > Haynes page REF-5 says to place a block of wood on the floor jack and > > lifting...
• Re: Survey: How do you jack up your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson, Ph.D.
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:11:08 +0000
  ...If you use a floor jack, how do you position the jack on > the bottom of the jack receivers built into the Vanagon? If...
• Re: Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:38:58 -0400
  ...Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack >>> Date: August 18, 2024 at 10:31:28 AM PDT >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> Reply-To: Richard Koerner...
• Re: Bottle Jack vs. Floor Jack
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:40:42 -0700
  Yeah at home bottle jack useful for more than lifting van . Floor jack better . Of course jack stands too. On the road, I’m...
• Re: harbor freight rapid pump 1.5 ton ok for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 8 Jun 2018 20:03:17 -0700
  ...com/15-ton-aluminum-racing-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-60569.html > > > > 1.5 Ton Aluminum Racing Floor Jack with Rapid Pump®< > https://www...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:29:46 -0500
  ...I've wanted to try one of their aluminum racing floor jacks - One of these days. I already have 4 floor jacks....though one...
• 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...
• Re: Floor Jack fix maybe
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 2024 13:51:10 +0000
  ...I’ve learned how to bleed a floor jack and been reminded to never trust the jack and get the jack stands in place...
• Floor Jack on Sale at HF
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 10 Sep 2013 06:39:27 -0700
  There is discussion from time to time on the list about floor jacks so I thought I'd share this sale item I got...
• Re: Survey: How do you jack up your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:30:44 -0500
  ...If you use a floor jack, how do you position the jack on >the bottom of the jack receivers built into the Vanagon? I...
• Re: Sears floor jack on sale/fits in bus
  Historical mailing list - Jonathon Brown
  Wed, 14 May 2003 16:34:05 -0700
  ...Sears floor jack on sale/fits in bus > I've got that floor jack and I am not pleaased with it because of the...
• Harbor Freight Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:34:22 -0700
  They have their aluminum "Racing" floor jacks on sale for $69. I've had one of these for about 10yrs now. It is really...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:15:27 -0700
  hi tom, is that in reference to working on it with a hydraulic floor jack holding it up ? I'm sure you don't...
• Fw: floor jack repair solution!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:34:32 -0700
  I want to thank all 11 responses I got to the question of repairing my floor jack. The solutions offered varied from various rebuild...
• Re: Where to place my jack?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 2 Sep 2021 17:39:22 +0000
  ...You could use a pair of jack stands, raise > one > > side, put on the jack stand, lower floor jack and do the same on...
• Re: Friday Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:07:39 -0400
  ...spills, did not interfere with using the floor jack or jack stands, and protected the floor when sliding the engine/trans under the van...
• Re: Floor jack Vanagon recommendations
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:34:56 -0600
  ...NET> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > My Harbor freight jack is failing so I need a new floor jack. > > Has anyone purchased one from Amazon that...
• Re: Jackin' Up The Van
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:14:48 -0600
  Dave, Place the floor jack dead center on the rear cross member/ engine support. No problem. Forget jacking it via the trans RC E...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:21:36 -0500
  ...I've wanted to try one of their aluminum racing floor jacks - One of these days. I already have 4 floor jacks....though one...
• Jack warning: Was:Re: extra jack?
  Historical mailing list - Robert L. Armitage
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 09:48:48 -0400 (EDT)
  ...DO NOT TRUST that floor jack. I've seen one fail catastrophically , and heard several other horror stories.. (the seals gave way,and they...
• lifting syncros for bleeding radiator
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Dec 1995 10:02:27 -0800
  ...Using a 4x4 (wood) support leaves maybe 5"-6" for the floor jack which seems kinda tight. Might work, but I'd like to...
• Re: Harbor Freight Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:52:36 -0400
  ...I looked at the different alternative aluminum floor jacks (1 1/2 ton, 2 ton, 3 ton). I decided to get the 2 Ton...
• Floor jack question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:53:17 -0700
  I have my floor jack to my brother-in-law years ago. It was a $40 unit with a vertical lift of about a...