I guess if you live in the complete boonies, this might be a worthwhile
investment.

In my town, the local garage has a shop press, and is happy to push
things for a couple bucks. I bet you could enjoy a couple good fishing
stories with Bennie or Jean down at the local service station while they
pop out your wheel-bearing seal and smack in a new one.

Amortize the likely number of uses over the life of your cars (or you)
and it is pretty likely that a shop press won't end up in your shop.

I, on the other hand, think I need a laser-guided lathe.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Marketing & Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
AIM = IExplain4u
Phone: +1.919.658.1278

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Tom Naylor II
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Need advice on buying a shop press

Dear Volks,

As my Westy and 914 both age and I find myself performing more and more
mechanical work requiring the aid of a shop press, I would like to ask
the
more mechanically able of you folks to advise me on buying a decent,
affordable shop press.  Harbor Freight offers a small 6-ton bench top
a-frame model for $49.00 on up to a 10, 12 and 20 ton floor presses
approaching $229.00 or so.  These reletively inexpensive import models
are
along the lines of what I had in mind.  Would the 6 ton model be
inadequate
for wheel bearings, suspension bushing etc.?

Thanks,

Tom Naylor

'85 (Nissan-powered Westy)

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/headsearch.taf?function=Search