Mr. Squirrel, If the jack needs protection, just do what you would do with anything else up there that needs protection -- stuff it in a bag.  So far as securing it in place, nothing beats old fashioned line, like sailor's use.  I tie everything in place that I put up there, with poly lines.  Nice tie down points in the luggage rack.  mcneely

---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> IGNORING the fact that no one has been able to yet tell me where to find
> the broken cable that connects the second lever from the bottom on the
> ventilation panel to whatever that thing connects to, I will post
> another question:
>
> Will the 48'' Hi Lift jack fit in the recess in the luggage rack? And
> what have people done to protect it from the weather and secure it so it
> don't bounce out and cause some horrible accident aftward.
>
> But I will be back with that cable question. O yes I will until I lay my
> mitts on one of them things.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR

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David McNeely