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Offline Sunlitgold68

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restoring spare tire jack
« on: May 13, 2010, 01:14:00 PM »
Did Ford paint the whole spare tire jack with the spiral part and large bolt part installed or separate? Is that part suppose to be painted black along with the jack?
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Offline CharlesTurner

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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2010, 01:54:22 PM »
The jack was not painted black as an assembled unit.  I have some pictures of some originals at home.
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Offline Sunlitgold68

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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2010, 02:03:29 PM »
Can you get the bolt and spiral part off? Is that how people restore them and then reinstall?
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Offline 67shelby

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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2010, 03:29:59 PM »
Quote from: caspian65 on May 13, 2010, 01:54:22 PM
The jack was not painted black as an assembled unit.  I have some pictures of some originals at home.

Charles, can you send my your original pics?  I need some for my jack article.... 
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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2010, 03:31:24 PM »
Quote from: Sunlitgold68 on May 13, 2010, 02:03:29 PM
Can you get the bolt and spiral part off? Is that how people restore them and then reinstall?

I think it is possible on some types of jacks to get the spiral or thread out, but you'd have to grind down some stops or remove pins depending on which jack you have.  What year and type do you have?  You'll probably have to post pics...
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Offline Sunlitgold68

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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2010, 03:47:27 PM »
It has the stop on it at the end. Standard 68 jack. Would have to grind it down and not sure I want to do that.
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Offline 67shelby

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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2010, 04:40:00 PM »
Yea, I'm not sure how you'd recreate it if you did grind it down. 

BTW, there are two different 68 jacks.  They changed over in January of 1968, they are different. 
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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2010, 04:44:08 PM »
Sunlit...

I surgically ground my 2 tabs off with a thin cutting disc on a dremmel.  The divot where they "staked" it at the factory remained.  Then when I got my screw plated and the frame blasted and painted, I reinstalled the screw and took it to work with me and restaked it in the same spots.  You can't tell it if you don't have a magnifying glass.
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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2010, 04:49:24 PM »
Quote from: bryancobb on May 13, 2010, 04:44:08 PM
Sunlit...

I surgically ground my 2 tabs off with a thin cutting disc on a dremmel.  The divot where they "staked" it at the factory remained.  Then when I got my screw plated and the frame blasted and painted, I reinstalled the screw and took it to work with me and restaked it in the same spots.  You can't tell it if you don't have a magnifying glass.

How'd you restake it?  Just a spot weld?
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Re: restoring spare tire jack
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2010, 07:06:44 PM »
No..
I work at a steel fabrication company/machine shop.  We are ASME pressure vessel/boiler fabricators.
I used our Piranha Iron Worker and a square piece of tool-steel.
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6T08C223904    76A       K         22       15c     21      6        6
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   C/O  785                                   (rotation #)
   16    C14   6T08C223904        (weld bay 16, bucked MAR 14)
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