Who made this floor jack
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Stuart in MN
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It kind of looks like a typical Taiwan produced jack to me - they were sold by many different stores but were all pretty much the same, and were actually pretty decent quality (I've had the one I bought from Sears for over 40 years.) Take a look at the repair tutorial posted by board member Hiball to see if the information there matches up. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/overseas-jack-rebuild-help-tutorial.51105/
PWC Repair
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Looks like it came from one of those Homier Distributing tool truck sales at the fairgrounds!!
carcruse
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With the orange paint and white square pad, it might be a Blackhawk 2 ton.
firebirdparts
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I definitely used to have one. Mine came from sams about 30 years ago. What Stuart said.
alfadan
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You can tell because of the grease zerk in the pivot. Mine is the Sears brand 1.5t with blue-green paint.
469 runner
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Pretty sure it is an import.
Thanks.. I looked under the jack and on the lift arm but didnt see numbers or letters
It is a two piece handle. That is a smart idea to check for metric fasteners. I will check tomorrow. Thank you!
I checked out the tutorial. Thank you for the link. I wouldnt mind Taiwan, but would prefer USA..
Thank you. Did older blackhawks use orange paint?I thought they used red.
Old Man Roger
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Or under a tent in a closed businesses parking lot.lol That's where I got mine back in the late 80's. Still works.
paulsomlo
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They were red, except for the ones sold through Sears, which were a bluish green. That's not a USA made Blackhawk, but it can still be a good jack - tear into it and see what the innards look like.
carcruse
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It looks like this 2 ton Blackhawk to me, even has 2 piece handle.
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Blackhawk 2 ton floor jack
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Old Man Roger
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Man it sure does, even the two stickers.
paulsomlo
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Yep, and made in Taiwan.
Thank you very much. I believe you are correct. I appreciate you going to the trouble of posting the link.It looks like this 2 ton Blackhawk to me, even has 2 piece handle.
Blackhawk 2 ton floor jack
carcruse
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You are welcome, I hope I am correct. Also, Blackhawk did paint their jacks orange not just red.
Except for the square white pad and being orange, it is the look-alike to the 1980 Sears jack that I have. Those are great jacks, built to last.
Rebuild it!! Try Hydraulic Parts Supply" in Sawyer Kansas to identify/get rebuild parts.
Rebuild it!! Try Hydraulic Parts Supply" in Sawyer Kansas to identify/get rebuild parts.
paulsomlo
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Are you basing that on the picture you posted? Because I've never seen any piece of Blackhawk USA equipment in orange, only red. And with Hein-Werner a competitor, I can't imagine Blackhawk ever using orange.
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I have what I always thought was a 2 ton blackhawk , orange with a round pad. We bought it new back in 78. The sticker is gone but I know damn good and well it read blackhawk. It doesnt work anymore but rolls better than any of the other 5 I have.
Old Man Roger
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Don’t be discouraged that it’s made in China, like many have mentioned, they last decades.