>
> i posted this some time ago..  lots of people are upgrading to the full
> side
> skirt/rocker trim body cladding kit that was on the '88 up wolfy/carats and
> the '90-91 GL's.
> if you do - DONT FORGET TO GET THE JACK!!  the jacks for the vans with the
> full bodykit -  side rocker mouldings, have SPECIAL jacks.  the arm that
> sticks into the jack hole on the van is rounded all the way up to the hinge
> point - wheras the regular vanagon jacks have it partially rounded, then it
> goes square.
> if you try to use a stock jack on a van that you added the side fiberglass
> panels to, it wont fit into the hole, and you will: A) bust up your
> fiberglass, B) bend your jack hole because its not in all the way, and C)
> the
> van will most likely fall off the jack (a tad dangerous)
> i had this experience w/ my 84 wolfy which i added the full fiberglass
> skirting kit to. luckily i saw what was going to happen, and fortunately
> also
> had a bottle jack under my back seat.  if i had been in a emergency
> situation
> where i needed to change a tire, away from home, i would have had to remove
> the fiberglass side panels just to use the jack (big pain) or have damaged
> the van.
> at any rate i may have a few of these jacks FS (limited quanity)  they are
> from '88 up wolfy/carats or '90-'91 GL's if you need them.
>
>

the part # is 255 011 031A for the jack for the vanagons w/ fiberglass side
skirts.
ps, it's NLA from the dealer.

ps, anyone watching CNN now?  geez..
chris