Recent content by toolwarrior

Thanks paulsomlo. I set it to 1 1/2 turns from closed and it seems to be fine. I am going to call it good on this project and move on. Yes, jack stands are your friend. I always have a backup for any device I use to hold up a vehicle. If I use car ramps, I put a jack under too. If I use...

She's back online! It took a while to get the rebuild kit parts, but I just finished putting it all together and it seems to be working correctly now. I thought I would go ahead a post this for anyone following my thread with a similar jack and/or problem. I went ahead a bought the full...

After talking with Hiball and confirming that item 55 (relief valve stem) should just unscrew, I went for it this morning. That was a stressful 15 minutes. I took it slow and went back and forth with various items stuck in the pin hole for more torque. I broke one screw driver - yes those...

Thanks Paulsomlo. Here are a couple pics of the pump seal we talked about. I think this will fall into the category of "custom seal for this jack" It is not hard to get to this seal vs the difficulty of getting to the ram seal. Maybe it would make sense to just replace that really bad ram...

Yes, it is disassembled as you say, above. Here are a couple of pics showing item 55 still screwed into the back of the cylinder body.

I have managed to disassemble everything except I am not sure what to do with item 55. I want to replace the O-ring item 54 for the relief valve (item 55), but when I unscrew it, it seems to come to a hard stop before coming all the way out. According to the exploded parts diagram, there are...

Gee....ya think this might be the problem..... lol That is quite literally the worst seal I have seen in my life. You guys warned me that the cylinder cap would be hard to remove - and it was, but a 2 foot cheater bar made quick work of it. However, I was not able to loosen the pump housing...

:thumbup: Got it! Now the fun begins.......

Thanks paulsomlo. Just so I am clear on what to focus on, is the ram seal item 32 or item 48 in this attached exploded parts diagram?

You two are right. It is worth at least tearing it down and looking for a smoking gun. I really am baffled by the fill port on the bottom, too. But if we look at the parts diagram you found for the version that is slightly smaller than mine (1 1/2 ton), you will see the same thing. See...

LOL....that is why I was hoping for a 3 or 4 ton. Two of them on each side of the truck can work. But I do have more to report on the jack. Since the fill port is twards the bottom and not the top, I flipped the jack over today and popped the grommet plug out. The oil level was very low - I...

lol.... I would like a little more lift capability than what is needed for an F150

Thanks guys. Good input. Paulsomlo, you are a rock star! That link was the clue I needed. You were right, it was close. Once I had a manufacturer name, I did research on them and found that they made another version that is 2 ton that looks nearly identical to mine. Mystery solved on who...

Roberts210/Paulsomlo - thank you. You confirmed what I felt when I got the price for the seal kit. The unfortunate thing is that they were able to identify the jack and they apparently do have the manual for it because they provided a snippet of the exploded parts diagram and it does look...

Thanks for the reply, Roberts210. In talking with a seal supplier, they say this floor jack was manufactured in either Brazil or Sweden. They did not say much else other than the manufacturer did not label their jacks. The price they quoted for seals was 2/3's the cost of a brand new Daytona...