I use the stock jack for emergencys, floor jack at home when doing planned
maintenance, and yesterday at an estate sale I aquired a Bilstein jack from
a '56 oval, rusty, but nostalgic, too short to get the wheels off the
ground.

Aloha
Bryan
'85 ASI Riviera "Dulcinea"

>From: Dennis Lockwood <Jshopper1@aol.com>
>Reply-To: Jshopper1@aol.com
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Survey: How do you jack up your Vanagon?
>Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:15:44 EDT
>
>Vanagoneers:
>
>How do you jack up your Vanagon?  Do you use the jack that came with your
>Vanagon (assuming that one actually came with your Vanagon)?  Do you use a
>floor jack?  Do you use a bumper jack from a 1962 Buick?  Or what?  Come
>on,
>confess.
>
>OK, question two.  If you use a floor jack, how do you position the jack on
>the bottom of the jack receivers built into the Vanagon?  If you do that,
>how
>do you fit jack stand under the receivers while the floor jack is there?
>
>You made it this far in the quiz.  Now for question three.  Has anyone
>tried
>a gizmo originally developed by the aftermarket Porsche group?  I know that
>we have some Porsche owners out there, so 'fess up.  It is a plate that
>fits
>the circular area of a floor jack welded to a bar that inserts into the
>jack
>receiver on the car (or Vanagon in this case).  There are a few different
>models available, will they fit our trusty Vanagons?
>
>Now for the last question.  If you use a bumper jack from a 1962 Buick, are
>you crazy or what?
>
>TIA for the response to the survey.
>
>Dennis Lockwood
>91 Carat
>Original Owner

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