Which Jack?

Peter Coomaraswamy

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Getting down to the nitty gritty and I found 2 jacks in the bin. They both came with the car... so which one is correct? The stand-up jack looks like one I had in an old 530i and I don't recall ever seeing the smaller jack in a BMW but that's my question.

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Peter Coomaraswamy said:
Getting down to the nitty gritty and I found 2 jacks in the bin. They both came with the car... so which one is correct? The stand-up jack looks like one I had in an old 530i and I don't recall ever seeing the smaller jack in a BMW but that's my question.

Thanks
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Peter,

the one on top of the pic looks like a current VW jack. i happened to have looked at the one in my son's jetta last night.

scott
 
Thanks

unbelievable RS that you would not only know that it's not a BMW part, but what it belongs to! I found a few branded WV parts in the trunk along with some odd weatherstripping when I bought the car so I am assuming you are correct. Thanks all!

I'm planning my first drive for this Sunday and I appreciate all the help!!

Cheers,
 
Personally, I would go to an automotive junk yard or swap meet and find a scissor jack with extension handle. I just can’t see much sense :?: in jacking up a 40 year old uni-body car by the rocker panels. I would recommend only using the suspension cross-members for jacking. ~ John Buchtenkirch
 
John Buchtenkirch said:
Personally, I would go to an automotive junk yard or swap meet and find a scissor jack with extension handle. I just can’t see much sense :?: in jacking up a 40 year old uni-body car by the rocker panels. I would recommend only using the suspension cross-members for jacking. ~ John Buchtenkirch
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Polariscsl said:
The smaller one looks like the jack from my e28....
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i forget what the jack to the e28 is like, i don't think i ever used it when i had an e28. the thing that makes me think its a vw jack is the fitting to lock the jack into the groove on the rocker of the vw.
 
Yep, stole my wife's Highalnder for this purpose. I have the little handle one like Stan's

John Buchtenkirch said:
Personally, I would go to an automotive junk yard or swap meet and find a scissor jack with extension handle. I just can’t see much sense :?: in jacking up a 40 year old uni-body car by the rocker panels. I would recommend only using the suspension cross-members for jacking. ~ John Buchtenkirch
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