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Re: [TR] Floor Jack

To: "Wbeech@flash.net" <wbeech@flash.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] Floor Jack
From: TERRY SMITH <terryrs@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:18:36 -0400 (EDT)
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I did wind up with the red Pittsburgh 3 ton low profile.  Overkill, I'm sure, 
but I need something a bit beefy for other projects around the homestead.  
Heavy but rolls around easily and does slip cleanly underneath the TR's frame.  
Oh boy!  No more dual jacking!

> On October 28, 2019 at 12:37 AM "Wbeech@flash.net" <wbeech@flash.net> wrote:
> 
>     Terry,
>     Are you talking about the little blue aluminum jack?  I have three of 
> them, perfect fit under the TR3.   You can catch the on sale for about $60. 
>     Bill
> 
>     Cactus Jack drinks coffee black......BWS
> 
> 
>         > > On Oct 27, 2019, at 9:19 PM, TERRY SMITH <terryrs@comcast.net> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >     >     I have gone to Home Gods with my wife more times than I can 
> > actually sleep through.  But today, she came with me to Harbor Freight in 
> > Manchester, NH.  She's amazing.  She was more interested in that than I was 
> > in HG.  So now, we call HF the Home Goods for Guys.  
>     Thing is, my floor jack died.  I did fix it by bleeding the hydraulics, 
> but it was an excuse to realize it never fit under the cross member or 
> differential of my TR3A.  Found a Pittsburgh low-profile jack (that I haven't 
> tried yet, but measurements are positive).  So excited!
>     I've previously had to use a scrapped Toyota's scissor jack to hand-screw 
> up enough to accommodate a floor jack, then re-jack with a floor jack.  
> Reverse the procedure to get the car back onto the floor.  Oh, I cannot wait!
> 
>     So question.  HB Pittsburgh floor jacks seem "okay" for the price.  
> Thoughts?
> 
>     Terry Smith, '59 Tr3A
>     New Hampshire, where the color is gone, the leaves have dropped, it's 
> raining, and the end is near.
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ns-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I did wind up with the red Pittsburgh 3 =
ton low profile.&#160; Overkill, I&#39;m sure, but I need something a bit b=
eefy for other projects around the homestead.&#160; Heavy but rolls around =
easily and does slip cleanly underneath the TR&#39;s frame.&#160; Oh boy!&#=
160; No more dual jacking!</p><blockquote type=3D"cite">On October 28, 2019=
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br> <br>Terry,<div>Are you talking about the little blue aluminum jack? &#1=
60;I have three of them, perfect fit under the TR3. &#160; You can catch th=
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t.net&#62; wrote: <br> <br></blockquote></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=
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333;">I have gone to Home Gods with my wife more times than I can actually =
sleep through.&#160; But today, she came with me to Harbor Freight in Manch=
ester, NH.&#160; She&#39;s amazing.&#160; She was more interested in that t=
han I was in HG.&#160; So now, we call HF the Home Goods for Guys.&#160;&#1=
60;</div><div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans=
-serif; color: #333333;">Thing is, my floor jack died.&#160; I did fix it b=
y bleeding the hydraulics, but it was an excuse to realize it never fit und=
er the cross member or differential of my TR3A.&#160; Found a Pittsburgh lo=
w-profile jack (that I haven&#39;t tried yet, but measurements are positive=
).&#160; So excited!</div><div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helve=
tica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333333;">I&#39;ve previously had to use a =
scrapped Toyota&#39;s scissor jack to hand-screw up enough to accommodate a=
 floor jack, then re-jack with a floor jack.&#160; Reverse the procedure to=
 get the car back onto the floor.&#160; Oh, I cannot wait!</div><div style=
=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #333=
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