I got tired of the jacking delima and simply got a second vanagon jack.
I now jack that puppy from both sides, a little at a time. I keep both
jacks in the van just in case I have to do something weird while on the
road. I with a two short pieces of 2X8 to serve as a base for the jack,
rather than putting them directly on the ground or on the concrete in
the garage. When working a home, I jack both sides - front or rear -
depending on the area of the vehicle I'm working on, then I slip jack
stands underneath. Granted, not as quick and convenient as a hydraulic
floor jack, but it gets the job done without the excess weight and bulk
of a hydraulic floor jack.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Stan Wilder wrote:

>The key in lifting your engine for whatever reason other than to drop the
>engine and the lift point should only support the engine weight not the
>complete or even partial vehicle weight.
>If you lift the vehicle by placing a block or such under the engine case or
>tranny case you're prone to discover broken motor mounts, tranny mount and
>possibly damage your engine case.
>I've seen many engine cases welded up at the top mounting holes and a few
>welded up at the bottom mounting holes ........
>Use some common sense in all procedures for lifting your van.
>
>Stan Wilder
>Engine Ceramics
>214-352-4931
>www.engineceramics.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Craig Oda" <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:07 AM
>Subject: Re: Jackin' Up The Van
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