Vintage HeinWerner 2 ton ?
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My very first post at GarageJournal, so here goes. I don't believe this is a thread hijack, as it's appropriate to the subject line, and is recent.
Today I took the floor jack out of the back of my truck that has been there for about a week. It looked lonely when I saw it on a curb, a couple of blocks from home, last trash day, so I stopped. A guy was hauling more trash out, so I asked why it was going out. He told me that it only pumped up about a third of the way, and that he had tried to fill it with oil, but it already was full. Told him I would take it to a repair place that does jacks and see. Thanked him and loaded it up.
I remembered having the same problem with my own floor jack a few years ago (a MAC), and when I tried to add oil, it too was "full". What really happened was that I removed the wrong plug, and it was full behind that plug, which is normal. After filling it in the right place (on the cylinder body), my jack performed as new again.
Sure enough, this guy had pulled the wrong plug to fill it, and once I put about 100 ml of ATF in it, it pumps all the way up and stays there. I lubed up all the articulating parts and wheels, and I now have a second, fully-functional, floor jack.
It's a two-ton Hein Werner, Winner-Series, H68041, Taiwan-built, who-knows-when!! It's orange, with no circles in the cup.
Since it jacks fully up and holds (though haven't tested to two tons) it likely does not need rebuilding yet, so my question(s) would be:
Would it be worthwhile to put any money into it down the road?
Since a kit is available now, should I grab one and put it on the shelf?
Here's some photos.
Pop
Today I took the floor jack out of the back of my truck that has been there for about a week. It looked lonely when I saw it on a curb, a couple of blocks from home, last trash day, so I stopped. A guy was hauling more trash out, so I asked why it was going out. He told me that it only pumped up about a third of the way, and that he had tried to fill it with oil, but it already was full. Told him I would take it to a repair place that does jacks and see. Thanked him and loaded it up.
I remembered having the same problem with my own floor jack a few years ago (a MAC), and when I tried to add oil, it too was "full". What really happened was that I removed the wrong plug, and it was full behind that plug, which is normal. After filling it in the right place (on the cylinder body), my jack performed as new again.
Sure enough, this guy had pulled the wrong plug to fill it, and once I put about 100 ml of ATF in it, it pumps all the way up and stays there. I lubed up all the articulating parts and wheels, and I now have a second, fully-functional, floor jack.
It's a two-ton Hein Werner, Winner-Series, H68041, Taiwan-built, who-knows-when!! It's orange, with no circles in the cup.
Since it jacks fully up and holds (though haven't tested to two tons) it likely does not need rebuilding yet, so my question(s) would be:
Would it be worthwhile to put any money into it down the road?
Since a kit is available now, should I grab one and put it on the shelf?
Here's some photos.
Pop
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There are many jacks that look like that, mine is from 1980 and it says Blackhawk on it. I'd just use it. The only thing I have replaced is the return handle spring.
Another..
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153096
Another..
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153096