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Restored a 1940s garage bumper jack |
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ndnchf 
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 Topic: Restored a 1940s garage bumper jackPosted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 12:33am |
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I just finished up an other little jeep shop project today. I found this 1940s era Walker model 88 bumper jack on the fb marketplace last week. It is rated at 3000lb. I thought it would be handy for jeep work. It was close by, and for $30 I couldn't pass it up. But it was pretty beat up, and bent up from being overloaded, and missing a few parts. But it worked, so I bought it. I have to admit to being an old tool junkie :-) After I got it home and took it apart, I used a 20 ton press to straighten out the base and a torch to heat and bend the bent saddle back close to the correct position. Then rewelded both saddles. I had to make a piece to repair a broken pawl, then weld and shape it to proper size. The top handle was missing, so I fabricated my own. Not quite the same as the original, but it will do for moving it around the garage. The jack screw mechanism uses a recirculating ball mechanism to carry the load smoothly - pretty neat. After stripping, repair, painting and assembly it was time to test it out. It easily lifted the jeep from either end - sweet!     |
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1948 CJ2A - It goes nowhere fast, but anywhere slow.
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 12:50am |
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Now THAT is very cool! Well done!
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 12:55am |
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I would use the heck out of it in my shop..
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 2:09am |
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I agree, that is very cool. I did not know there was such a device.
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 2:34am |
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Really cool piece!
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dasvis
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 5:14am |
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I like that the paint matches the Willys.....
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 11:34am |
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That looks great! I could really use a jack like that in my shop as well for placing the Jeep on it's jack stands. I don't like jacking it up with the hydraulic floor jack under the offset pumpkins - a bumper jack makes a lot more sense.
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 12:02pm |
It's color matched to the winch I restored last summer    |
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Posted: 28 Aug. 2020 at 2:39pm |
 That is a great tool! I really like the purely mechanical nature of the jack. I have a newer design of the same jack I picked up some years back. Mine is pneumatic. Instead of turning a crank, the upright mast is a large air cylinder. You simply attach your compressor to the schrader valve and your jeep comes up. There are detents in the mast which hold the weight if the air bleeds off. I'll snap a picture tonight. For sure the most handy thing when you want to do work on tires or brakes. Set the jack stands in just a few seconds. |
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Posted: 29 Aug. 2020 at 3:08am |
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Nice job. Like that a lot.
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Posted: 29 Aug. 2020 at 10:49pm |
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It's a classy classic! Plus, it's (now) blue!
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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Posted: 29 Aug. 2020 at 10:56pm |
Much to my surprise, under a couple layers of grease, grime and paint I found the original paint was blue!
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Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 12:53am |
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Well that worked out nicely then!
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 1:23am |
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Great job on the jack and your jeep!
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Belleview ol skool winch soon. '48 CJ2A 283 V8 sm 420 granny low, tera low D18, overdrive,lockers Texan at heart,Alabama by retirement |
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Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 2:46am |
I'm glad to see that there's still another one of those jacks still in use. Here's mine: Similar story - When I started at the local Chevrolet garage in 1969, this jack was resting in a corner, wrecked. The boss said it was junk. The two bent iron pieces that became the new "legs" were in the same scrap pile. I rescued it and used it a lot, and when I left there, it went with me. It was painted green because all of my pit equipment was painted the same color as my race car. My crew men used to race each other - see which could raise the other to the top and back down again the fastest.  It doesn't get used a lot any more, but my son who used to raise and lower himself, says that if I don't want it, he does. It looks good holding a flatfender up, though.BW
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Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 4:06am |
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Steve,
You seem to find the most unique and interesting projects. Nice work! We had an air powered one of those bumper jacks at my very first job as a teenager at Cliff’s Chevron, pumping gas, changing oil and busting tires back in the 1970s. That thing could lift One end of a Cadillac in a flash.
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Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 11:16am |
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Nice to hear that it brings back good memories.
 Bruce, I see your base is shaped a little different, is that from your repair? Mine is missing that little spring loaded wheel, but it still works fine.Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: 30 Aug. 2020 at 6:29pm |
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The base of mine was probably a lot like yours (Why can’t I remember? 1969 wasn’t that long ago!) but it was badly mangled. The two side pieces of my base are thicker and wider than the originals, and were in the same scrap pile, leftovers from some other project I guess. I used what was available.
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