Re: Bloody tire jack, part 2

[PlyBoyDoct@aol.com]

Try a Jag XJ6 Jack.  I replaced my car's Jack with this as soon as I heard of 
the "Complication" with the 200,S4, jacks.  Jag is a heavy car, I'm not sure 
the exact weight of the car, but its no honda......=)
try that, and it has a easier Jack Lift method.  It ratchets, werid, but 
effective.

Jason C
89 200t10v
Redmond, WA

In a message dated 4/26/99 4:02:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, GY3WSX@VM.SC.EDU 
writes:

<<    Yes, it could be the name of a new Wes Craven movie, but it's not!
 
    Instead, it still resides in my trunk!  I would have to say, I think
 any of you out there with the OEM tire jack and a car heavier than a
 4KQ should throw it away and find a better one.  It is Dangerous, and
 that is the bottom line.
 
    So, to report on my findings...well, I'm not having much luck.  I
 bought an MVP scissor type jack (looked pretty solid) at Wal Mart for
 $16 and used it to remove my tire and put on the spare.  Hard to crank,
 but seemed to work!  Went to Sears and had it plugged.  Charged me $15
 and it took them 2 hours!  Morons!  Anyways, I went jack the car up to
 put it back on and my car (weighing 2400 lbs) bent this new jack (which
 is rated at 2 tons!).  I had to have one of the guys bring it in and
 use a floor jack to lift it up so we could put the good wheel back on.
 Serious pain in the ass!  Went to see if Sears had any better
 Chraftsman compact jack for the trunk.  No luck!  They didn't have a
 single one.  Had a few floor jacks though.
 
    I, of course, brought my bent scissor type jack back to Wal Mart and
 returned it.  Glad they took it back!  If my 3400 lb car bent a jack
 rated good to 4000 lbs, that should be advertising fraud or something!
 
    Anyways, the search for a new and better jack goes on....  Any help
 would be appreciated.  I have heard Porsche has some pretty good jacks
 that I should check out and someone told me Volvo jacks are very beefy
 and work well.  I have to search the boneyard for one of these!
 
    Well, gotta run!
 
    Later,
    Dan
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