Missing jackstand
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Hi,
I just bought a '93 F-250 extended cab and it's missing the jack. Got the spare tire. Would like to get some recommendations on what type of jack to buy. I'm guessing a scissors jack but I've never changed a tire on a F-250. Please also give the size of the jack. For example, if a scissors jack, then what range for it's heigth or maximum heigth?
Thanks, Rivdog
I just bought a '93 F-250 extended cab and it's missing the jack. Got the spare tire. Would like to get some recommendations on what type of jack to buy. I'm guessing a scissors jack but I've never changed a tire on a F-250. Please also give the size of the jack. For example, if a scissors jack, then what range for it's heigth or maximum heigth?
Thanks, Rivdog
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Get a bottle jack over scissors type. If you gou out in the woods, get a Hi-Lift. If you arent in the woodsa and are worried only over tires changes, get a compact floor jack and a piece of 2x6 and throw it in the tool box in the bed, along with the jumper cables, assorted tools, plug kit, etc...
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You should have what might be termed a "bottle jack". It should be located just before the right hinge under the hood. There should be a 4 foot long tool clipped on top of the radiator support to work it. The lug wrench should be just under the driver's side hood hinge.
I know this to be true for 80-91 trucks, but I can't swear that the 92-96's are the same. Look for clamps to hold the jack and tire tool. The clips on the radiator support are less obvious. If your jack is missing, best to get a replacement from a junkyard.
Although all my trucks have them, I tend to carry a small "floor jack" with me as I find the OEM jacks to be annoying to use and very slow. Sometimes having another jack rattling around in the truck is aggravating too. Nothing out there stows as neatly as the originals.
I know this to be true for 80-91 trucks, but I can't swear that the 92-96's are the same. Look for clamps to hold the jack and tire tool. The clips on the radiator support are less obvious. If your jack is missing, best to get a replacement from a junkyard.
Although all my trucks have them, I tend to carry a small "floor jack" with me as I find the OEM jacks to be annoying to use and very slow. Sometimes having another jack rattling around in the truck is aggravating too. Nothing out there stows as neatly as the originals.
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Thanks all for your replies and suggestions. I did check again, as some of you suggested, and did find the jack!! No need to go junking. I don't have the owner's manual and thus intend to get one. This is my first truck.
Regards.
Regards.
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Oil up that jack though!
The first time I needed mine it froze up and I couldn't use it. Luckily I was in the parking lot at work and a fellow employee loaned me theirs.
The first time I needed mine it froze up and I couldn't use it. Luckily I was in the parking lot at work and a fellow employee loaned me theirs.
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Thanks moneypit. I thought so. I was going to give it a try anyways. Luckily I got the combination, from the seller, for the lock that's on the spare tire. Regards, Rivdog.
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I want to rotate my tires, front to back. Any way to jack up one side at a time to make the job easier? (I checked my truck, and found that not only don't I have a spare, I don't have a jack anyhow)
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Hey- i would just buy one of the Craftsmen 3 1/2 ton floor jacks from Sears. Last week i bought one and it came with two jack stands. This is easier when changing a tire or when working on it. The only problem would be storage on the truck.---jonny
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I have a floor jack (3 1/2 ton) , but it hasn't got the reach to get one side of the truck up at a time, and without a spare tire, it's kinda hard to rotate any other way.
BTW I asked my tire dealer about rotation in an X pattern, and like I've heard since radial tires came out, they should always roll in the same direction.
Is this different with larger radials?
BTW I asked my tire dealer about rotation in an X pattern, and like I've heard since radial tires came out, they should always roll in the same direction.
Is this different with larger radials?
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MoneyPit - Duh..What was I thinkin.....I've done that before...you are right......I've been spoiled with the floor jack being to lift the whole side of a smaller and lighter car. Thanks for the memory jog!