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Re: Roadster jack

To: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@yahoo.com>, "Allen"
Subject: Re: Roadster jack
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:14:10 -0500
Leave it in your trunk and don't use it. They can be very dangerous and I
have heard several cars fell off the jack with dire consequences.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Bradley" <ambradley@yahoo.com>
To: "Allen" <orangedawg@hotmail.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: Roadster jack


> The base for the jack should be between the spare tire and its screw
> hold-down.  I have the stock jack but have never used it.  I prefer a
> floor jack and fortunately have never had a flat on the road.
>
> --- Allen <orangedawg@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a question or two about the jack.  Mine looks like it was
> > originally
> > yellow.  It has the round "thing" you put in the side of the car.  It
> > has a
> > turn crank instead of the usual ratcheting mechanism that cranks the
> > jack up.
> > Also, it has a round bottom.  That's all I have.  Do I have the
> > correct jack?
> > Is there a base that the round end of the jack sits in, or does the
> > round end
> > just sit on the ground.  This doesn't look like a very good system to
> > jack up
> > the car.  My car is a 1970 2000.  I got the jack at a junk yard about
> > 19 years
> > ago.
> >
> > Allen
> >
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> =====
> Thanks,
>
> Adam Bradley
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