 Engine jack, seems like a bargain |
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| Rand |
 Dec 18 2005, 08:22 PM
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| J P Stein |
Dec 18 2005, 08:36 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
I bought one a couple years ago. Works super....with a few mods (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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| ArtechnikA |
Dec 18 2005, 08:44 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
interesting you should mention that...
i bought one 2 weeks ago to drop an engine today. the jack on mine is defective - won't even hold itself up. had to go back to the good ol' floor jack - which worked perfectly. i'll take the jck back as soon as i get a chance and i expect they'll make it good - but i lost 3 hrs today because a tool i wanted to depend on let me down. in my case, its lift range was about 2" short of what i needed, which was easy to address by placing some plywood across the rails. the floor jack was 2" too tall - i had to remove the air cleaner to get the engine out past the rear crossmember. |
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| bernbomb914 |
Dec 18 2005, 08:45 PM
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one of the oldest Farts on this board Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,873 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 36  |
sams club has one also for a little more
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| jd74914 |
Dec 18 2005, 08:52 PM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,780 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
i saw the sams one today and my dad and i almost bought it. still thinking about it actually
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| J P Stein |
Dec 18 2005, 09:03 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
I attached 3/4 ply to the tops of the 3 lift sections.
Built a cradle with casters, then added plywood (permanetely) to the lift to shim up to the bottom of the cradle....loose little lift that way. When the engine is on the cradle/lift, it's stable enuff to dance on Attached image(s) 
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| bperry |
Dec 18 2005, 09:31 PM
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Lurker Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: 16-February 04 From: Dallas, Tx Member No.: 1,661 |
I'd be worried that the lift mechanism would get in the way of the
transmission and trunk. I looked at that style and decided to get the one from Sams for about $80. Used it about 2 weeks ago to do my first engine drop all by myself. Worked great. Below is a pict of the one I got. It works just like a jack. The handle can stay down low out of the way. All Aluminium and only about 5 inches tall when collapsed. --- bill Attached image(s) 
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| URY914 |
Dec 18 2005, 09:40 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 120,614 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
I was in our local HF retail store last week. 75% of their stuff is junk IMHO.
I would not buy anything other than consumables, ie, paint brushes that I use when fiberglassing. |
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