Recent content by noquarter

Crackedback - lovin' the picture of the Aspen up in the air. Congrats! As a follow-up letting all of you know my jack is completed. I used an 18" piece of 1/2" gas line (like the non-galvanized version of water pipe) and drilled 2 holes to add 2 5/32" roll pins. One forms the pressure...

Hey Hiball - I went out to the shop tonight and started taking measurements on the jack. Then I started thinking about making my own clip and after about an hour of monkeying around with a scrap piece of steel using a vise-grip, hammer, bench vise, and a couple of files, I was able to make the...

Sounds like a plan Hiball. It's going to be somewhat vague as I can't really get a tape measure in there and I really don't know what the original part looks like. I can however get the measurements such as the I.D. of #20, the diameter of the pin #22, and the groove thickness and diameter on...

Good for you crackedback! It's amazing how this little tutorial spawned a plethora of guys who can now rebuild their jacks or at least attempt the rebuild. Anything that gets you out of the "system" of disposal and giving up more of your hard-earned bucks is worth its weight in gold. UPDATE...

Many thanks to the both of you (Hiball and Edgar.) Keep in mind that I have already disassembled and cleaned this jack out previously and as Edgar and the diagram verified, there is nothing more than a washer and ball (28 and 29) under the piston (24). I indeed monkeyed with the overload. It...

That's pretty much it Hiball. I had a nice reply typed to you and my login timed out and I lost it. BLAH! I gotta get in the habit of copying what I type before submitting it so if it bombs out I can just paste it back in the reply window. The only thing I can figure out is that I couldn't...

Hello Edgar and thanks for your post! I have a follow-up for all of you. I hit the trail hard and actually emailed O'Reilly Auto Parts and blatantly asked them where they get the jacks from. Surprise surprise they emailed me back, said they don't stock replacement parts, and that they get...

Thanks for the kudos there Hiball. I'm asking the forum for help on where to locate parts for this jack. http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/ACD9/34119.oap?ck=Search_jack_N0768_-1_2385&keyword=jack&pt=N0768&ppt=C0373 It's an ACDelco 34119 and I can only assume that there is some main...

Well thanks to Hiball, another jack has been rebuilt. Only having stumbled across Hiball's posts earlier in the week and using them for motivation, I bought a 2 Ton Sears floor jack on Craigslist for $10. It would pump up without a load but the minute a load was put on it, nothing worked. I...

This has got to be one of the most epic posts of all time! Hello all. I'm a long-time lurker, but I wanted to pitch in one little bit of advice that might help some of you. I have one of those Sears 2 Ton Japanese Jacks model 328.12160. I found it on Craigslist for $10 and figured I'd just...