I picked this up in Walden, NY on Sunday morning. Got back today and got it off the truck and into the garage for a quick photo shoot before I was needed elsewhere.
Here it is in the back of the truck.
I have seen Jack Olsen move large, heavy objects. His methods are smart and refined. Mine are brutish and dumb. I did some rudimentary tests to make sure the setup was stable, and kept my body out of the way, but it's still an embarrassing thing, how I did this.
Missing headlight lens, perhaps other parts. Those will be fun to find!
First shot of the ugly stuff. Things here are clearly broken and/or missing. I am going to need help figuring out what needs to be done.
Wow; that's an ugly repair.
When I tipped it over the get shots of the underside, oil came out of the hole on the bolted-down cover on top. Normal?
Here it is next to the Asian jack I have been using for years. That jack works ok, except for a release valve that you can't finesse; you struggle to turn the handle and then all of a sudden, WHAM, your car is down. No pride of ownership in it, either, unlike the Blackhawk, which makes my pants feel tight.
At first, I thought that maybe someone had taped stuff to the handle to protect a car's bumper from getting dinged. I hadn't actually even noticed the paper when I bought or loaded the jack on Sunday. Could not see the forest for the trees, I guess.
Upon removing the tape and paper, I discovered that it was an envelope with an invoice inside from 1987 for work done to the jack. A "kit" was installed, as well as oil, to the tune of a total bill of $121.01. Decent money for 1987. Wonder of I need a kit, if it had one twenty years ago. Hiball will guide me!
I bought the jack from a guy whose great-uncle had purchased it new after WWII when he opened a service garage. The last name of the family is on the receipt for the 1987 work. So, it's a one-family jack, which is kind of cool.
Here it is in the back of the truck.
I have seen Jack Olsen move large, heavy objects. His methods are smart and refined. Mine are brutish and dumb. I did some rudimentary tests to make sure the setup was stable, and kept my body out of the way, but it's still an embarrassing thing, how I did this.
Missing headlight lens, perhaps other parts. Those will be fun to find!
First shot of the ugly stuff. Things here are clearly broken and/or missing. I am going to need help figuring out what needs to be done.
Wow; that's an ugly repair.
When I tipped it over the get shots of the underside, oil came out of the hole on the bolted-down cover on top. Normal?
Here it is next to the Asian jack I have been using for years. That jack works ok, except for a release valve that you can't finesse; you struggle to turn the handle and then all of a sudden, WHAM, your car is down. No pride of ownership in it, either, unlike the Blackhawk, which makes my pants feel tight.
At first, I thought that maybe someone had taped stuff to the handle to protect a car's bumper from getting dinged. I hadn't actually even noticed the paper when I bought or loaded the jack on Sunday. Could not see the forest for the trees, I guess.
Upon removing the tape and paper, I discovered that it was an envelope with an invoice inside from 1987 for work done to the jack. A "kit" was installed, as well as oil, to the tune of a total bill of $121.01. Decent money for 1987. Wonder of I need a kit, if it had one twenty years ago. Hiball will guide me!
I bought the jack from a guy whose great-uncle had purchased it new after WWII when he opened a service garage. The last name of the family is on the receipt for the 1987 work. So, it's a one-family jack, which is kind of cool.
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