Recommendations for a floor jack?, My Sears "Professional" PoS is puking fluid Options

[r_towle]

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[ThePaintedMan]

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Thanks for all the recommendations!

Like a moth to the flame, I wandered over to Harbor Freight and bought the 2 ton low profile steel floor jack. Nifty features, almost a 24" lift height. But a little too big to position perpendicular to the sides of my car when in the driveway... D'oh! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Thread on front and rear jack points started up over here.

[TargaToy]

Figured I would resurrect this old thread since I just busted myself in the head with a 4' piece of aluminum pipe while trying to disassemble the plunger assy on my (off brand) low-profile aluminum jack. Since my thumb is now bleeding and I really don't know what replaceable parts I'll actually find if I get this joker apart, I'm thinking my time would be better spent on the 914 itself and money better spent on a new jack.

I've got a steel Craftsman jack which will lift the corner of a car but immediately starts creaking and ticking it's way down to full compression. I want a jack that is easy to maneuver, low profile, and not too heavy to lug around if needed.

So I'm following up to see if you guys that have HF jacks are still liking them and finding them to be good tool investments. If HF is still the favored supplier, which models do you guys like/dislike?

[zambezi]

I have two HF aluminum jacks that have been in service for about 7 years now. Had to add some oil to one this year but other than that they have been good.

[andys]

I've got two HF jacks, and they both bleed down. I think with HF, it's a crap shoot. My 35 year old Hein-Warner floor jack, though a heavy brute, is as good today as the day I bought it.

Andys

[TargaToy]

Are there brand names have good support and available parts if needed?

[scotty b]

I've jacked up a car or 2 with this one. Had it for about 2 years now with almost daily use


http://www.harborfreight.com/2-ton-heavy-d...pump-68050.html

[Cap'n Krusty]

I bought a "scratch 'n dent" high buck hi-rise jack from The Bird. Love it. Requires a lot of effort to lift with it but I can lift an engine high enough to load it in a pickemup truck, and raise a 914 high enough to pull the engine out from under it without screwing around. Sometimes cheap isn't inexpensive, amigos.

The Cap'n

[sixnotfour]

Believe it or not, the little Harbor Freight low profile aluminum jack is great. . it's on sale for $59 . . best part is it is so low it will go under a 914 with ease and still lift about 16 inches. .

This coupon says $69. but it is in todays Sunday San Diego newspaper flyer for $59.oo
http://widgets.harborfreight.com/wswidgets...mp;keycode=1004

yup and if you buy the service deal you can trade it in once a year no questions asked..

[boxsterfan]

I bought a "scratch 'n dent" high buck hi-rise jack from The Bird. Love it. Requires a lot of effort to lift with it but I can lift an engine high enough to load it in a pickemup truck, and raise a 914 high enough to pull the engine out from under it without screwing around. Sometimes cheap isn't inexpensive, amigos.

The Cap'n

My neighbor wants his FJ back. Probably wants some of those other tools I have of his also. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)

Which one is that from the Bird?

[cary]

+1 for the harbor freight steel low profile floor jack. I have 2 and have used them for 3 years lifting the 914 and my pickup truck. I even left onr of them holding my engine for a week ( with a jack stand as backup) and it didn't move.

Fyi -- The 20 percent off coupons at hf don't work on floor jacks.

Ditto with Rich.

I have a low profile HF. About 2 years old. Works great.

[billh1963]

I bought a "scratch 'n dent" high buck hi-rise jack from The Bird. Love it. Requires a lot of effort to lift with it but I can lift an engine high enough to load it in a pickemup truck, and raise a 914 high enough to pull the engine out from under it without screwing around. Sometimes cheap isn't inexpensive, amigos.

The Cap'n

Sweet jack....I've been tempted....

Hi Rise jack

[Cap'n Krusty]

I bought a "scratch 'n dent" high buck hi-rise jack from The Bird. Love it. Requires a lot of effort to lift with it but I can lift an engine high enough to load it in a pickemup truck, and raise a 914 high enough to pull the engine out from under it without screwing around. Sometimes cheap isn't inexpensive, amigos.

The Cap'n

My neighbor wants his FJ back. Probably wants some of those other tools I have of his also. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)

Which one is that from the Bird?

The high rise one. The Cap'n

[r_towle]

Looking at the price, and the manufacturers site, I cannot find anything (easily) regarding a warrantee.
Seems like a warrantee should be on the site somewhere..

[Rand]

I have a HF aluminum "racing" jack, and another very similar from Costco. There's no difference as far as I can tell in function or quality. But of course the towing service who hauled away my last carcass bent the hell out of the nice looped handles on my Costco one as they were dragging it onto the flatbed.

Jacks aren't rocket science. Except they way 200lbs less than they did when I was a kid, and work faster because of modern features (like rapid pump / fast jack / yada whatever you want to call it)