The jack, something I never thought about

Last week when my7T1 and I were traveling to Ky came an oppertunity to use the jack. I have not had my jack out except to clean up the storage area about 10 years ago. Well, when Terry had is breakdown, front spindel), and we tried to jack up the left front tire his jack was real hard to get to work. I pulled out mine and it was even worse. I always use my floor jack at home and never thought about what would happen if I needed to use it on the road somewhere. Needless to say I have it working now and just wanted to give you guys something to think about. Redwingvette2006-10-21 08:45:56

Thanks, mine has not been out in 30 years, never used..I will get it out and oil it, and check it out..Good idea..Thanks again..

When DNV broke down with the broken u-joint we used his to see the problem. When you are used to an aluminum floor jack, they SUCK.

Ya'll be carefull working with the factory style jacks...they ain't too dependable. It's best to get one of them smaller hydraulic jacks to take on road trips...

I used mine last year to get the car up on jacks, one corner at a time. Now I have a Sears floor jack that should make the job easier.
I also want to check my spare tire this winter. I've never seen it.

Dave, I'll bet it's still the original..25 years old?

I'm with Joel on this one.

Oh, you guys are whiney!!   I had a blow out on the freeway goin' about 65 - 70 and saw this rubber flyin' up and hit my windshield.  I thought, hummmm.....that guy in front of me had a blow out.  NOT!  Then I realized it was me, so I pull over.   It was about 90 something degrees out.   I start pokin' around looking for a jack.  Waaa....Laaa!  I found it in the cubby hole.  Ok, now how does this darn thang werk....?  Figured it out, got down on my hands and knees lookin' under the musturd car for a good spot to put that jack and crank her up.  I hadn't even seen the jack before.  I did it!!!  Then, I went to the back to get the spare out.  Just had a new spare put in there (whew!).  Started to get the lug nuts off and some nice guy pulls over to help.  I didn't need no help, but I let him get the rest of the lug nuts off and put the spare on.   Not too bad for a TEXAS lady, huh?   ......And I have AAA too.

Micki, Your the one I vote ya Mrs. Corvette Texas Lady October 2006.

Great topic, Weather is just getting cool enough down here to enjoy the ride. Last week take out the 80 and give it a pretty good workout on the interstate. Next day grab the wife and decide to take ride out towards the everglades. Get a mile from home and blew the sidewall out of one of the front. Thank god for AAA. I get the spare out and I swear its never been on the ground. Cobwebs dirt and rust. AAA kid arrives and Breaks his compressor inflating the spare gets the car up with a nice aluminum jack and breaks it letting the car back down. Brings me to my winter project