[T3] Bilstein jack position

[Dave Hall]

I think if the bar is in the tube upside down, it would tend to fall out
when taken out - probably why I keep it separate!

Bilstein used to be cast into the foot of the jack 'in the old days' - maybe
it's there on more recent ones too, but I've not noticed for a while.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 09 August 2012 12:57
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Bilstein jack position

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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