Budman68

Other than triple A. WalMart sells a GM Goodrich scissor jack that is pretty close to original. It's about 1/2" to long, but will fit when raised a little or just put your lug wrench under it to make up the difference. I just can see paying $100+ for an original jack that is rusty and date coded. This jack sells for $16.

I'm sure there are some junkyard jacks that will work. Maybe someone will chime in with some alternates.

Durango_Boy

I found that there is a Jeep Grand Cherokee bottle jack that fit very well. The lifting piston has a threaded center shaft for extra high lifting and for extending up to the frame before lifting. I'm thinking of having a bigger foot welded to it, and having a better cup attached to the top. Then I remember that I removed my spare a LONG time ago, and would have no need to jack this thing up in most cases outside of my garage.

74Blackfoot

You mean something that looks like this?



I haven't attempted to remove it.

Thanks budman, I was starting to look around for replacement jacks, but all I found was the $100 or $250 ones.

Oh and just to be clear, I have another jack in the car.

guitarcrazy02

Can of Fix-A-Flat and a cell phone

randommj

i think its still good enough to be in use, id say another 100000 lifts

Miles

coinwasher

Looks like still shot from the last titanic dive

74Blackfoot

I'm pretty sure it's original, any NCRS takers?

Zixxer

Just pour about a quart of pentrating oil in that compartment and come back in a week....or keep waiting as it's almost fossilized

74Blackfoot

I have a quart of naval jelly, but I'm afraid it might disappear.

Has anybody come across another jack that will fit back there?

Artsvette73

What is the date code on that jack?

RIJVETTES

Shed some lbs and clean up the rear. Dump the jack, spare and carrier. Harbor Freight has a small 12v air pump for 10 bucks for emergencies

rihwoods

Means a trip to Walmart..

onaqwst

looks like you spilled some nacho cheese in there.....

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jonfor

i bought a scissor jack at the boneyard for $5 that is about 2" high when fully lowered. i only use it until i can get the car high enough to get my big floor jack under safely.

JPhil

That looks like the lasagna I made last night.....

I'm Batman

I found a small hydraulic bottle jack in the clearance tools at ACE Hardware a few months ago. I think it will be perfect for those extremely rare roadside lifts, and it's smaller than the original scissor jack.

74Blackfoot

I don't have a clue.

Are there any side effects to storing the bottle jacks on their sides?

vettehed

There are plenty of other GM jacks that have the same proportions as the Corvette C3 scissor jacks. I went to the GM junkyard and they literally had a pile of 100's of jacks for $5 each that looked very similar to the Corvette jack.

As far as a bottle jack, I would be hesitant to store anything designed to sit upright that had a reservoir of fluid built into it on its side. If it used some type of hygroscopic fluid similar to brakefluid, it could cause problems if it leaked out through the seals or the control valve(s) into the compartment area and softened the fiberglass or ran out the bung hole in the compartment and blew up under the back of the car going down the road.

Zixxer

PS A plastic dish like tupperware or something works great in the storage areas to both store items and protect from things like leaks. Makes clean up a breeze as well as reduces the noise from anything banging around.

jn76vette

Jack...? I don't even carry a spare tire Though that was bubba's doing before I bought the car.


$16 ain't to bad, May need to stop buy Wal*Mart and check it out.