About a year ago I discovered that the scissors jack that the PO of my
91 GL had left me was not up to the task.  I was about to buy a jack
from a list member so I posed the question to the list: "Are all vanagon
jacks the same?"
  About 6 people answered saying " sure, no problem, yep, all the same!"
Fortunately the jack that I bought (thanks Rob) was from another late
model GL and I got the right type.  When I picked up an extra from a
junkyard last summer, I discovered that there are actually two types.

Larry A.

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> >
> > 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