Just picked up a Walker 882 roll-a-car jack!

[ndnchf]

It's grubby, but seems to work well with no significant leaks. After a little clean up, it will be a good companion to my 1924 Ford. Is there any way to date these? Maybe a ballpark guess?

 

[fourjeepin]

Cool! Shame it's missing the cover

 

[ndnchf]

Yeah, that's a bummer. But it works well. I suppose finding a cover will be nearly impossible.

 

[930dreamer]

I wonder if the cover could be scanned and 3D printed if you could borrow one from another jack? You would have an exact copy that someone could machine.

 

[469 runner]

Dang, I was thinking of e-mailing the Craigslist guy on that. I was dragging my feet trying to convince myself I don't need another old jack. Congratulations, it was a good price too. Contact some old hydraulic repair shops. They might be able to scrounge up a cover plate from a discarded frame. Richmond has a couple of shops that deal in old jacks.

 

[ndnchf]

I just emailed the seller asking if by chance the cover is laying around somewhere. He was cleaning out his grandfather's garage. But by the looks of the jack, the cover has been missing for a long time. I'm not going to worry about it too much. My model T won't know the difference

 

[rk_tek]

HCRCnow has a PDF on their site for decoding the serial number. It has jack capacity and manufacturing date all in the number

 

[Hiball]

HCRCnow has a PDF on their site for decoding the serial number. It has jack capacity and manufacturing date all in the number

That date chart is only for newer made jacks 70's/80's, im not aware of a way to decode the older 700/800 series jacks outside of older advertising literature.

 

[ndnchf]

Thanks for your input guys. The seller thought it was from he 1950s. But by the art deco styling, I wonder if it could be 1930s-1940s. Any idea when the 882 series B ended?