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From: pgf@mtung.UUCP (Paul Fox)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Jacks
Message-ID: <624@mtung.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 16:32:40 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  4 16:32:40 1985
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Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
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Summary: 

Be sure to get a jack that will go *low* enough-- I have a GT6 that I can only
lift from certain places due to its low clearance, and when a tire was flat, 
the jack was useless.  The stupid thing's three-inch clearance was too high.
The scissors jack that comes with the car saved me that time.  

Someone mentioned not wanting to depend on a $30 jack while working under their
car--- *NEVER* depend on *ANY* jack while working under a car.  Use jack stands,
or wooden blocks.  Concrete blocks may shatter under the point load of a bit
of car frame.  If you must use a concrete block, at least put a piece of 
wood between it and you car, to distribute the load.

			Paul Fox, AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel NJ.
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			Paul Fox, AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel NJ.
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