Recent content by joea

It's just light surface rust, really. Anyways, as it turns out, it still works. It was laid up with the ram entirely retracted, and pumped up readily. Could not move the release valve, but some drenching with Break Free and some gentle coaxing with a hammer eventually got it to where I could...

So computer genius figured out how to post images:

Sorry for the long delay. Here is a link to "my album" on garage journal. http://tinyurl.com/gs9dc8d

I bought this jack from NAPA years ago and it needs a rebuild. All the tags are long gone, so no idea what the model number is. NAPA is no help at all. Where to start? Or don't bother?

All is well, replace the blue o-ring on the reverse valve (mangled somehow) and upped the pressure. It spins anyway.

Thanks for the replies. I pretty much tore the whole thing down and followed the IR manual on the rebuild. I did replace the reverse valve as the kit came with the wrong black o-ring. Too thick. I thought "they must have improved it" and tried to force the valve in and broke it. So, I...

It was getting sluggish after many years, and I was seduced by the many rebuild kits available. So I got 'em and installed. Was relatively easy and I was all pleased with myself, until I put air to it. Trigger does work, but air only exits the bottom of the handle, it does not spin at all...