[T3] Bilstein jack position

Keith Park topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Thu Aug 9 17:26:59 PDT 2012


My 73 had the screw jack, all my other cars had the monkey up the stick, and
the ones I have all have Bilstein on them, but you may not be able to read
it till after its sandblasted.

Keith


Top Notch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com 
http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"


-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 7:57 AM
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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