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Re: are you using your factory mopar jack if you have flat [Re: moparpro] #2401347
11/10/17 12:29 PM
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for a flat tire, I still trust on the original jack and use it if needed... no probs on that.


With a Charger born in Chrysler assembly plant in Valencia, Venezuela
Re: are you using your factory mopar jack if you have flat [Re: DZJim] #2401557
11/10/17 08:17 PM
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Used to have an old Sears scissors jack that worked real good.

Grew up with one blue & red it was the main family jack for years did everything with it until I finely got a hyd.floor jack from sears they would have a $99 special buy a jack & get 2 free jack stands.Still have the jack & stands.

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Re: are you using your factory mopar jack if you have flat [Re: 71GTX471] #2401569
11/10/17 08:38 PM
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Used a bumper jack on the right rear on a '70 Fury back in the 80's once. whistling
It wouldn't lift the car high enough to get the tire off the ground. shocked

I now take care to make sure all tires and brakes are kept in good driving condition.

Just in case though, I have a good spare, small floor jack, 2 jack stands, a piece of micro lam. and a 1/2" drive socket set with breaker bar, as well as a small tool kit in all my rides, except the Shovel Head of course...


I have mechanical Aptitude.
I can screw up anything.
Re: are you using your factory mopar jack if you have flat [Re: moparpro] #2401757
11/11/17 03:39 AM
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I leave the original jack for the shows, but carry one of these in all my old Mopars. GM unit works like a floor jack, so bumpers don't get twisted and scratched. I removed the round "thingie" on the end, welded on a plate with "lips" to keep it from sliding off the car's frame. Good footprint, very stable, and, once upon a time, cheap as dirt at the junkyard.

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Re: are you using your factory mopar jack if you have flat [Re: moparpro] #2401783
11/11/17 10:36 AM
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Skyhawk that's pretty cool what model did they come in.

Re: are you using your factory mopar jack if you have flat [Re: 71GTX471] #2401907
11/11/17 02:22 PM
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71GTX471, they came in GM Caprice, Impala,Cutlass, Monte Carlo, Grand Prix models 1978-88, and some of the smaller Cadillacs. Sometimes found in Camaro and Firebird 82-02, but with a different frame plate (no round "thingie" on the end that goes under the frame.)

Re: are you using your factory mopar jack if you have flat [Re: moparpro] #2403005
11/13/17 01:53 PM
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In 99 I went to Chryslers in Carlisle in my 74 Duster360. Once there, I realized I had a rear spring shackle break (but it broke so it was keyed together "most"of the time) . . . rather than trust my body to the bumper jack, I bought a small floor jack that came with a plastic carrying case, along with new shackles and repaired the car in motel parking lot . . . still have the jack . . . sure the bumper jacks work, but the floor jack is just easier and can use it on any vehicle/trailer !! . . .

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