sanfrisco
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hello from sunny Sylmar ca. wheel alignment tech need some info to repair a sears floor jack model #328-12001 gift from my little brother
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DustyMojave
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Sylmar...Where I grew up!
The name means "Sea of trees". That refers to the olive trees. Sylmar during the 1st half of the 20th Century was the World's Capitol of Olives. You would think that would have been somewhere in Greece or Italy. But no! Right here in the San Fernando Valley of SoCal. As Homes in the San Fernando Valley crowded out the olive growers, they moved as a group to Lindsay California, up in the Central Valley. Many of the olive trees got moved to become landscaping for condo complexes, commercial centers, etc. around SoCal. But there are still quite a few around. When I was a kid, the olive processing plants made some pretty awful odors.
Also home to some pretty wild shaking, like the 1971 earthquake which was epicentered in eastern Sylmar.
One of the fancier garages around is known as "San Sylmar". Owned by the Nethercutt family, it includes quite a car collection. Marble floors and columns...custom cast bronze doors...pretty fancy place!
Now I live out in the desert where there aren't so many people (yet!).
So Welcome!
The name means "Sea of trees". That refers to the olive trees. Sylmar during the 1st half of the 20th Century was the World's Capitol of Olives. You would think that would have been somewhere in Greece or Italy. But no! Right here in the San Fernando Valley of SoCal. As Homes in the San Fernando Valley crowded out the olive growers, they moved as a group to Lindsay California, up in the Central Valley. Many of the olive trees got moved to become landscaping for condo complexes, commercial centers, etc. around SoCal. But there are still quite a few around. When I was a kid, the olive processing plants made some pretty awful odors.
Also home to some pretty wild shaking, like the 1971 earthquake which was epicentered in eastern Sylmar.
One of the fancier garages around is known as "San Sylmar". Owned by the Nethercutt family, it includes quite a car collection. Marble floors and columns...custom cast bronze doors...pretty fancy place!
Now I live out in the desert where there aren't so many people (yet!).
So Welcome!
DustyMojave
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I tried to repair a couple of Craftsman floor jacks for a friend who uses them in his race car restoration shop. I found that Sears does NOT handle any repair parts for them and I didn't find anyone else who had any either. Out of the 4 jacks he had bought, only 2 are still working after less than 5 years. There was no warranty on them either. Pretty disappointing. They might seem pretty nice when new, but I would not waste money on them now. My Harbor Freight jack is serving WAY better at 1/4 the price.
HCRCnow
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hi dusty that is great info about Sylmar el cariso park just had this past weekend the olive festival and a car show great bunch of beautiful cars got a chance to talk to a couple of owners and yes all the ranchs and big houses disappearing to built more complex is time to look another place thanks