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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: Pep boys was good to me today |
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i've always wanted one of those motorcycle jacks.
i like the larger platform for pulling engines and eng/trans combos.
i was in pep boys auto supply today. reg price 69.99 after $30 mail in rebate, 39.99.
i get to the checkout and the girl tells me theres an additional $20 rebate this week also.
so i scored my new jack for 19.99.
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vwluver74
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Joined: February 29, 2004
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Location: at the buffet in the fetus room
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is your pepboys crammed to the rafters with stupid ricer crap? cool score though.  i never thought of a motorcycle jack for engine pulls. that would make life easier. |
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notchback
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Location: Behind the Zion Curtain
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I used an ATV jack for dropping a Type 3 engine a couple weeks ago. It was great to not have to try to balance the engine. I just sat the jack under it, removed the bolts and lowered it. Why didn't I think about it years ago. 
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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i think i picked the idea up a while back here on YE Ol' SAMBA.
but i never could bring myself to spring for such a "luxury" when i had a perfectly good shopjack that did fine.
But, for 19.99, how can i pass it up. |
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meinvw
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Location: Georgia
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I use one and swear by it! That and a regular high lift jack, I can pull and reinstall the engine in my 62 in about 30-40 minutes by myself. Next to farm jacks a must have.
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Tri-Bus
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Location: Butler PA
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| works good on late bays with a type 4, motorcycle jack for engine a highlift floor jack for the body, really makes thing easier and safer |
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veedubcrazy
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I had used a motorcycle jack to install a type 3 1776 that had an auto trans as well. THe 1776 slipped in so easy it was like cheating. I swear by them now...
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Gary
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*Not to self: make a trip to Pep Boys this week
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Russ Wolfe
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| *Not to self: make a trip to Pep Boys this week |
Or Harbor Freight.
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twinwindows
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How many of you think this guy will be back saying the Econo jack gave way and fell on his ass?
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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Yeah, like i would come back and admit to that  |
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pyrOman
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| How many of you think this guy will be back saying the Econo jack gave way and fell on his ass? |
While it's true that mucho crap is being built for cheap in china, it is still cheap enough to buy until it quits and then buy another. I too have one of them ATV jacks and though not as versatile as a regular bonafide mechanic's floor jack, they do pretty good with engine pulls. Plus, they do have a "safety" that locks it in place while doing any work on the "load".
Sweet score, I did pay around $40 for mine.
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hazetguy
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| twinwindowsJHC wrote: |
| How many of you think this guy will be back saying the Econo jack gave way and fell on his ass? |
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| Or Harbor Freight. |
While it's true that mucho crap is being built for cheap in china, it is still cheap enough to buy until it quits and then buy another. |
it is nearly impossible for me to comprehend that people have been goaded into that way of thinking, and continually buy in to that fucking scam philosophy.
buy good things once and cry about it once. that way you can laugh at the people who buy cheap crap over and over again. |
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lonotch
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With the tools I own I try to buy the best concering my job. Sometimes I need a one or two time use tool for car or home projects, so I will buy a cheapy and if I end up doing more work with it later I will step up and buy a nicer one. No reason to buy the best if you are only going to use it once.
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70 140
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| I will be impressed if both mail in rebates show up in your mailbox... |
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fubab
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I bought one of those jacks, but soon came to realize that it's crap. I don't trust it . . . won't use it for safety reasons.
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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| I will be impressed if both mail in rebates show up in your mailbox... |
be impressed, because they both did a few weeks after i sent them off |
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TDodge7
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| i have the pep boys motorcycle jack too , bought it 2 years ago , i'm constantly wrenching on bikes and use it at least once a week , it's not going to fall apart . it's actually built pretty well , only complaint i have is the lever on the jack for lowering it is plastic and my dumb ass friend tried to lower it by kicking the lever . the lever broke off but theres still a knob where it was thats just as easy to turn . my 2 cents , buy the pep boys motorcycle jack , it's just as good as the more expensive ones . |
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70 140
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Location: Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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| 70 140 wrote: |
| I will be impressed if both mail in rebates show up in your mailbox... |
be impressed, because they both did a few weeks after i sent them off |
Good for you. Up here there were so many problems with companies never sending the rebates, that this summer the Cdn. Gov. made it illegal to offer mail in rebates. If it has a rebate, it is given to you at the checkout - discounted from the item. |
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Jim Conner
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: pep boys,cheap sunglasses |
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| I was in pep boys in March of this year, checking out I saw very cool sun glasses for $6.95 with a $6.95 rebait.I said to my self, that is a deal, I sent my recipt and rebait off and im still waiting, Im sure it will come any daynow.....sure! jim |
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