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11-14-2012, 04:54 PM

GASoline71

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Re: Im buying some jack stands tomorrow...

I remember changing a U-joint at the slip yoke in a 1971 El Camino, on the shoulder of Interstate 5 just outside of Williams, California. Using one of those "stick it in the slot" bumper jacks to get the job done. Every time a tractor-trailer zoomed by... the car would rock back and forth and the foot of that jack stand would scoot on the pavement!

I was 19, in the US Navy, and headed home on leave from San Diego. I'm lucky to still be here after that experience.

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