what's wrong with the stock jack ??
- other than it's slow ?
I find them so 'basically all right' I have one stock vanagon jack I keep
around just for when I need to quickly jack up just one wheel on a vanagon
out in the yard.
I carry scissor types as an extra or back up on trips.
Bottle jacks don't go low enough, and the cheap ones leak after a while.

for what you want for a 'flat tire jack'...............something that is a
dedicated fit to the vehicle, , can go from quite low to pretty high,
doesn't weight a lot, and doesn't take up a lot of space, the  stock vanagon
jack and its matching jacking points are hard to beat.  It's a Much better
system than many cars use.

are you sure you have the right jack for your vanagon ? .........like a
'real vanagon jack' ?  As stock equipment jacks go, they're all right, if
not even better than that.
It's a good idea  to carry one wheel chock too, and a 10 inch squire of
thick plywood, for jacking on soft surfaces.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "M'obeechi" <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:09 PM
Subject: Bottle Jack

Does anyone use these instead of the stock jack?

I hate the stock jack, Hi-Lift is too big for me (non-syncro), and I tried
that scissor jack Bus Depot sold me, and I didn't care for that either...