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Re: [Shop-talk] jack bleeding

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] jack bleeding
From: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:13:03 -0400 (EDT)
Howdy,

On Tue, 6 May 2008, David Scheidt wrote:
>>  I've been discounting "seal problem" because I've never seen any jack
>>  fluid on the floor... Are there seals internal to the jack that won't leak
>>  out fluid if they fail?
>
> Yes. Most likely failure is the check valve in the pump, which is 
> intended to keep the pressurized fluid from taking the easy route back 
> to reservoir, and not the hard one to the lifting cylinder.

Is that something I can service?  How tough is it to get to that check 
valve?

(this, of course, assumes I can find someplace to get parts...)

Mark
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