I'll check the studs to see but I don't think they're long enough. So maybe i replace one.

As for welding, can you do that with a Weller soldering iron? If not I'm out of luck. Maybe a heavy contractor's garbage bag for a cover will work.

Thanks all for the ideas. More than I had myself.

Mike

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On Wed, 11/25/15, Jeffrey Vickers <jeffrey@VICKERSDESIGN.COM> wrote:

 Subject: Re: Locking lug nut/high lift jack
 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
 Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2015, 10:47 PM
 
 Hey Mike,
 
 Take a ride over to Cain’s Tire in SR and ask them to show
 you their ”locking lug nut hall of fame”. It’s a
 bucket full of locking lugs they’ve had to cut off
 customers cars because - yup - folks lost the lug tool. Easy
 enough to remove/cut off if you’re in town but what if you
 lose it or left it at home and you flat in Death Valley? 
 
 Weld a locking stud on your tire rack - stud that has a
 flattened end with a hole in it or do what Jeff S suggests -
 drill one yourself - and throw a padlock on there. Much
 easier to cut off when you lose the key. LOL
 
 Weld two bolts to your bumper for the high lift and be sure
 to put a cover on it or the next time you use it after its
 been on the outside of your van for a year will not be fun.
 
 
 Jeff in Marin
 
 
 > On Nov 25, 2015, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor
 <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
 wrote:
 > 
 > Date:    Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:56:26 +0000
 > From:    Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET>
 > Subject: Locking lug nut/high lift jack
 > 
 > Vanners,
 > 
 > I have an externally mounted spare tire. I went to get
 a locking lug nut just cause.
 > 
 > I could only find them in sets of 4. If they were a
 buck a piece that wouldn't be a problem but at $7+ it is.
 > 
 > Any ideas for getting either 1 or 5?
 > 
 > Also have a high lift jack. What do people do to attach
 it to the van? Too big to go inside. How does one lock it to
 the front bumper-I have the big tube bumpers?
 > 
 > Mike