I've owned a countless number of 914s, and today was my first day using one of these.

I've never actually been in posession of one.

And some of my cars were too rusty to attempt.

I was always more worried about the jack itself.
Those things are far from being stout.

Oh ya. I stood as far away as possible.

Using a screwdriver as a jack handle doesn't help either

I cut mine off and welded a plate over the spot. Just carry a jack I bought out of a wrecking yard. Never liked the plastic cover anyways.

we found the proper tool later in the drill

only thing scarier than a VW jack is those ones ford use to dare you to use on 1960s aussie falcons and fairlanes that clipped to the bumper.

if you want to see a fantastic tool kit and jack check out a renault clio.
don't think they sold them in the states.
rest of the car is made of rubber bands and paper clips but the tool kit is the best little kit i have ever run across in a car. absolutely kills the audi kit in one of my cars.
only thing better is a merc's from last century.

I keep the original jack in the original six, but it will never be used. I had one of the later jacks break the shaft just above the shuttle one time. Left me stranded with the car halfway up. I couldn't change the tire, and I couldn't get the car off the jack. Luckily a guy lent me a floor jack so I was able to get the tire changed.

I use scissors jacks from 1980s, era Nissans. They are cheap, plentiful and cheap from the wrecking yards.

That's funny, because that is exactly what i have. An old blue one.

I found this one in the car and Gint told me to test the longs with it instead of taking off the rockers.

I use scissors jacks from 1980s, era Nissans. They are cheap, plentiful and cheap from the wrecking yards.
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I'll second the Nissan jack, works very well on the seam on longs.

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You need to chock both sides of the rear tire still on the ground while using the stock jack. The slightest incline, up or down, can result in disaster.

That's not what I said. I said it will show that the long is solid enough to support the car.

I have used these for years, so long as the frame is sound. As always stand clear with any car on a jack.

btw: a couple weeks ago I found an original in great shape at a flea market in FLA for $10.

I was paraphrasing.........

i used to throw the spare under the squareback near the jack incase it came down while i was trying to take the flat off.

i'd do the full exchange with at least one wheel under the car while the other was going on.

still made me anxious in the extreme carrying out the operation.

i don't know how many times i had the squareback half up and i'd look at the jack and go no...no....no. as it started to lean.
and start all over again.

i throw my renault scissor jack in whenever i take the 914 out.

all above would be exaggerated by stress level of doing up the lug bolts which VW kindly decided were superior to lug nuts. trying to hold the wheel while you got the bolts started into the hub.

There is a guide pin that Porsche sells for the Boxster which works great for this.



It works great on a 914. Unscrew one lug bolt, replace it with this, make sure it is on top, then remove the others. Remove rim and replace with the one that is not flat on the bottom, and reinstall the other 3 bolts. Then replace this with the remaining bolt.

Bruce Stone makes a version of that as well.

I took my 914 in for new tires and handed the kid mounting the wheels one of these and told him what it was for. It was like giving a caveman a cellphone. No idea how to use it until I showed him.