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| Tobra |
 Mar 8 2006, 07:18 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,453 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 4,634  |
The stock jack for VW and 914 is sort of cheesy(and I don't have one), I have the little plate with the square bar welded on to use jackpoints with floor jack and thought about keeping a hydraulic bottle jack in the trunk. It would be way cheaper than a stock jack, any thoughts, pro or con?
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| #1RAGE |
Mar 8 2006, 07:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 7-May 03 From: Saskatoon, SK, Canada Member No.: 664 |
I bought a little scissor jack that straps in the rear truck... I'm using rubber straps that are at the front of the trunk. I think they are what held the original jack.
Haven't had to use it yet though but it is small enough. |
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| jd74914 |
Mar 8 2006, 07:54 PM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,782 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
Grab a scissors jack off an older Honda or something. They work great and are nice and small. I use one to jack my car when i don't feel like pulling out a hydraulic or the original one. Or you could always just get the cheesy original kind (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)
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| VegasRacer |
Mar 8 2006, 08:03 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,524 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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A bottle jack should do the job just fine.
For me - - - just getting the job done was not enough. I wanted to do it with style. I have an aluminum scisor jack from an early 911. It looks good, is light weight, was made in Germany, plus, it has a Porsche part #. Thanks Ron. |
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| STL914 |
Mar 8 2006, 08:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-October 03 From: O'Fallon, MO Member No.: 1,271 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
That's what I did too. I keep it in a heavy duty black canvas tool bag in the front trunk along with an assortment of necessary tools. Keeps everything in one place and easy to get to. |
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| Tobra |
Mar 9 2006, 07:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,453 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 4,634 |
Well, not everything. I plan to keep a long screwdriver and a 13 mm socket with a long extension, just in case I have a broken cable problem. Thanks for the input y'all
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| ClayPerrine |
Mar 9 2006, 07:50 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,514 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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I have a scissors jack that I liberated from our old Nissan before I gave it to my nephew.
It works better than the stock jack, and it is designed to pick up a car by the pinch weld. |
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| szuccaro |
Mar 10 2006, 12:57 AM
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ZUKE Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Cameron Park, CA Member No.: 862 Region Association: Northern California |
Standard cheesy jack for me.
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