Ken Allgood wrote:
> Ok, so I picked up a 2 & 1/4 ton floor jack as well as some 2 ton jack
> stands so I can work on my truck. Well, I cannot get the floor jack to
> lift the load. It will lift up to the point of contact, and you can feel
> some resistance as you should, but it won't lift after that. Release valve
> is turned all the way clockwise. I tried releasing the air in the
> hydraulics as the instructions say (twice actually), but still no go...
> Anyone experience this and have some insight into this??? Thanks!
>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 CC SLT 5.2L (In the garage until I can get it fixed)
>
With a GenIII CC V8 you're getting close to 2 1/4 tons anyway. I've got
a 3-ton jack partly for the weight, partly because I couldn't get
anything smaller that could get the height I needed. Unloaded, make
sure that the jack can even reach the distance you need.
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