Vintage Floor Jack made by???

[Ashoka]

Hello,

I picked up this jack over the weekend and the owner was selling it as a Hein Werner. There are no markings on it and after looking at several internet pictures, I can see that the square raised area that would have held a nameplate is not their, it is flat.


Can anyone tell me who makes this jack and what rating or Model it night be?

 

[Hiball]

It’s a Import, it’s a quality made jack that was sold under many different colors/brands. It could have been sold under the “Winner series” under HW, but that doesn’t make it any better. It seemed like when they went to the smaller saddles, they bumped the tonnage rating up to 2 ton. Looks to be in pretty good shape, OEM would be a guess, Yasui Was known for producing quality units similar to yours out of Japan. Later similar models came out of Taiwan and then the market was flooded with the cheaper units from china with inferior seals and lackluster rod finishes etc.

 

[Ashoka]

Thanks for the info Hiball!

It does feel quality made and is doing it's job well so that's the most important thing to me. That saddle is huge to me, 6 or 7 inches! All I used before was one of those crummy plastic case little jacks that I used to just keep in my trunk with my spare.
I definately feel much safer positioning jack stands with this thing holding my car up.

I always like to find out everything I can about older tools/knives I get and try to gather advertisements, breakdown diagrams, and such in case I end up needing them. Plus it's just neat to see.

There's something very satisfying about using something that was made back when "a death" wasn't calculated into how something was built like nowadays.


Thank you again,
Jeremy

 

[Bigblockyeti]

My dad has the same jack painted green from Sears (also made in Japan), can't remember if it was Sears branded or Craftsman branded. Grandpa bought all four sons one in the mid-late 70's. It definitely a quality piece but dad's won't hold, it pumps up ok but bleeds down very quickly (2-3 seconds). I've taken the hold valve apart and can't find anything apparently wrong with it but I'd really like to fix it for him.