[TR] Floor Jack

[TeriAnn J. Wakeman]

On 10/27/19 7:57 PM, Greg Lemon wrote:
> I have on of the aluminum ones too, nice and low for "our" cars.  
> Been working fine for 10 years or so.  Only thing, the hydraulic 
> release is like an on off switch unless you really finesse it, don't 
> know if they are all like that.
Mine is gentle on the shocks when lowering the vehicle. You just got the 
jack rabbit model ;-)
>
> Greg Lemon
> TR250
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2019, 9:19 PM TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net 
> <mailto:terryrs at 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. Â
>     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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