Fred,

For occasional use, just abot any floor ajck will do the job.  I bought mine
form Price Club/Costco for something around 60 bucks.  It's a three ton, so
it'll lift anything I'm ever likely to drive.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Younger <fyounger@AMFAM.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10:03 AM
Subject: Best way to jack up whole front or back?

>A recent thread dealing with coolant bleeding got me to wondering
>how others deal with the problem of getting the entire front end
>16 inches higher.  I've tried jacking up one side with the VW jack,
>putting a jackstand under the frame member and jacking up the other
>side.  The van always starts sliding around on the jackstand, so I
>give up and park it in the driveway, which gives me about 10 inches
>of lift.
>
>Does anyone else have this problem?  Would it be better to buy a
>floor jack that would lift (from the center of the frame) the whole
>front end at once?  If so, what would I have to pay for one and
>does anyone have a recommended brand?
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Fred
>91 GL with one only one side airborne