ranchworld
'06 158 2500 Passenger
I put a swivel on my 2006 T1N driver seat and that meant lowering the parking brake handle and adjusting the brake cable. Since I was going under the van I set up to replace the rear shocks and check the U bolt torque. I got the jack out and discovered that it had never been used. The three part handle was still in it's factory shrinkwrap.
When I jacked up the van it lifted the van about and inch then suddenly the van dropped back down! Tried it a few times and got the same result. Took the jack out from under the van and cycled it up and down a few times with my daughter as a weight. Seemed to be very little movement per stroke, maybe a millimeter or two. It did go all the up but made what my daughter called farting sounds once the second stage started up.
My guess is it's low on fluid. There is no sign of leakage on the jack or in the tool compartment in the footwell. A little while back there was a thread about jacks and air bubbles but I couldn't find it. So, how do I repair the jack? There is a rubber plug in it. What kind of fluid and how much?
The good news is I swapped the shocks, took the slack out of the cable and checked the U bolts without lifting the van. The bad news is I drove the van from the east coast to Seattle then went on many adventures into the back of nowhere without checking if my jack worked.
When I jacked up the van it lifted the van about and inch then suddenly the van dropped back down! Tried it a few times and got the same result. Took the jack out from under the van and cycled it up and down a few times with my daughter as a weight. Seemed to be very little movement per stroke, maybe a millimeter or two. It did go all the up but made what my daughter called farting sounds once the second stage started up.
My guess is it's low on fluid. There is no sign of leakage on the jack or in the tool compartment in the footwell. A little while back there was a thread about jacks and air bubbles but I couldn't find it. So, how do I repair the jack? There is a rubber plug in it. What kind of fluid and how much?
The good news is I swapped the shocks, took the slack out of the cable and checked the U bolts without lifting the van. The bad news is I drove the van from the east coast to Seattle then went on many adventures into the back of nowhere without checking if my jack worked.