> Rather than trying to find bolts to fit the upper plate into the
> head, we can go with Darens Idea, use another plate across the
> bottom, Drill several holes in it and hold it to the first plate
> with lengths of threaded rod. This would probably be easier to
> find than Bolts of the same thread as the head studs, and also
> usefull for later projects, such as spring compressors.
If you're using threaded rod for the brace, why do you need a jack, anyway?
Just set some kind of bar to push down on the piston, and tighten the
nuts on the threaded rod. You should be able to get much finer control of the
force application that way...
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John R. Lupien
lupienj@hpwarq.hp.com
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