[T3] Bilstein jack position

[Jim Adney]

On 8 Aug 2012 at 20:58, Keith Park wrote:

> OK, I have the jack in the car nicely, upside down, but the handle wont
> slide in the tube as the end is too small, how were they supposed to go in?
> how was the handle supposed to go in?  the one in the crate is in upside
> down and the handle FITS in the tube, but when rightside up in the 71 the
> bottom is too big to fit between the reinforcing bar and the body so it sits
> up too high to get the handle in and close the trunk..

Slide the handle into the top end of the jack and then invert the 
jace, putting the handle sticking out the bottom. With the offset end 
of the handle sticking forward or back (I forget which way works) the 
whole thing will fit nicely.

Or just let it sit loose in the trunk.

I only recall seeing the Bilstein name on the seldom seen crank type 
jack. Dave seems to think those were supplied for the late cars. My 
impression is that they were mixed in and supplied randomly over 
various years, but I've never been able to see any pattern. Dave may 
be right, as both parts of the mount clip are different, so the 
bodies had to be prepared for one or the other.  

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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