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Jack handle
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Whitephrog
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Do you mean the ratchet or the lug wrench?
Thanks for the suggestions. I have the jack, but I just need the handle that goes with it. I have seen the jack and handle or just the jack, but never just the handle. Since it was brought up, how does the jack end up scratching the car? I am close to putting this car back together after totally restoring/painting the body. The last thing I want is to scratch the paint after all my work.
Thanks, Kevin
Thanks, Kevin
How does the jack scratch the paint?
When the car goes up, it tips a bit, the jack sinks a bit into the asphalt. When you crank it down, the handle ends up very near the A post.
I haven't used a stock jack in 25 years cause I scratched a couple of door posts back in the day. I do have a Fiat jack that seems to work just fine, very sinilar to the original jack but with a hand crank not a rachet.
Also VW Jetta's use a small jack that fits on the welded rocker seam. This is very small and works great on our cars.
Takes up less room in the trunk too.
I mean unless it's a concours car, use a modern jack.
When the car goes up, it tips a bit, the jack sinks a bit into the asphalt. When you crank it down, the handle ends up very near the A post.
I haven't used a stock jack in 25 years cause I scratched a couple of door posts back in the day. I do have a Fiat jack that seems to work just fine, very sinilar to the original jack but with a hand crank not a rachet.
Also VW Jetta's use a small jack that fits on the welded rocker seam. This is very small and works great on our cars.
Takes up less room in the trunk too.
I mean unless it's a concours car, use a modern jack.
bugimike
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I found that a little VW 1/2 scissor jack I had from my old Scirocco works great and is compact, goes under the car and won't scratch anything. You can lift the front via the frame, by the A-frames, and the back by the Spring plate. Works good enough just for changing a flat though, I wouldn't use it for anything else except for an on-the-road emergency! It stows necely tucked in the spare rim with a bungee cord - a little piece of carpet and it doesn't even rattle! You could probably find one in a scrap yard.
regularman
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From my experience, when you have a roadside flat, the car will be right on the ground. No room for a scissor jack. Thats why the jack hole works so well. I am missing the ratchet handle for my jack as well. I will probably end up making one somehow. The ones I see on ebay are either really rough looking or very expensive.
bugimike
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The VW jack, being only half a scissor jack is really compact and will fit easily under our little cars. No worries with lost handles either, it has a crank attached that folds neatly into itself when stowed. If you must use the jack-holes, I agree with spritenut, Fiat has a nice jack that will fit and also has an attached crank handle, it just doesn't stow away as neatly in the boot as the VW one!