PorKen

I got one of the bad ones. I spent a few days lifting up and down with my shiny new Costco jack when making the first liftbars. I liked it because it was stable, light, and lifted way high, but it gave up just after making this clip. Not even a wimper when I returned it, dead, in the original box.

dr bob

Stan,

Thanks for the tip. The jack I have uses a screw-in plug on the body of the cylinder housing. When I added oil to the pump end, the thing wouldn't go all the way down until I bled some out of that plug on the housing. It wasn't working correctly until I cycled it a bunch with the adjustment screws wide open, then back closed and then adjusted as I cycled it. I suspect that a ball of crud or something similar made its way into a bleed port or something. Doesn't take much to mess up most serious hydraulic stuff. I can see that the pump plungers are fine, no pitting or rust on the exposed parts. So far so good!

GregBBRD

I used to use nothing but Hein-Werner floor jacks...when they were still orange. They got really expensive. They'd last a couple years and start leaking. I'd take them over and have them rebuilt, but they would start leaking again...about a month after the rebuilder's warranty was over.

I gave up and started buying floor jacks from Costco. Not the light weight ones...but the steel ones. The two I ahve right now are over 5 years old....and when they start giving me problems...I can throw them in the trash and go get another one...without even thinking about it.

rc1320

I saw that someone mentioned the AC Hydraulic DK20. You guys might want to know that there is a US distributor selling AC Hydraulics jacks here in the US again.

Check them out, they have the DK13HLQ, the DK20 and the DK20Q. http://www.acjacks.com

You can see me DK13HLQ unboxing fun here. https://rennlist.com/forums/993-foru...-approved.html

davek9

Wow.. Top shelf stuff

jon928se

I have a Costco (in the UK) OMEGA 3 ton quicklift jack - had it 8 years now - it's great. Didn't even complain lifting my old range rover by the central X member - yes all 4 wheels nearly off the ground on one jack.

Before the flames flood in. The suspension travel on a rangie is vast. Getting the wheels of the ground without lifting the axles so you can work on the suspension means lifting a long way. (About 18") Jacking the middle up first gets you a long way to wheels up without doing anything silly.

mj1pate

I've used my Harbor Freight house brand (Central Hydraulics?) floor jacks almost enough for a life test. No issue with either the heavy duty unit or the low profile "racing" unit. Their heavy duty tool chests are also the best bang for any where near the buck. Wrenches are not bad either. I've stopped preferentially reaching for the Craftsman set years ago. Just stay away from their "precision" measurement tools unless they have name brand.

shmark

How the heck do you use a bottle Jack on a 928? No way they fit without lifting first. I use the Harbor Freight aluminum race Jack, probably not the greatest quality but it works very well on my lowered car.