Leaky Rusted Vintage Floor Jack Restoration (Snap-on)
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2023
- Welcome to my restoration channel! This is a restoration video of a Snap-on Floor Jack (YA 700 2 1/2 Ton) I purchased this from a guy off of Facebook Marketplace for $120 USD. The person I bought it from said it had a slow leak. Let me know if you like this jack restoration!
THE RESTORATION PROCESS
After getting this jack into the shop, I dismantled it and began cleaning the parts. After tearing the jack apart, I sand blasted a lot of the parts and also used paint remover. The jack frame was too large to fit into our small sand blasting cabinet, so I used wire wheels and wire brushes to clean the metal before priming. The hydraulic cylinder was torn apart and rebuilt before priming or paint due to the way they are put together. It appeared to me that these jacks were painted after some or all assembly. I was able to replace the seals in the hydraulic unit as it appeared to have a leak. The u-cup was brittle and stuck in the cylinder below the nylon ring. The rebuild kit was purchased online as well as the new caster wheels and handle accessories. During the tear down, I accidentally broke the pin housing on the yoke. It was quite the process to repair due to being cast. We heated the part before welding, then we heated it after welding and placed in some sand/media to cool the part down slowly to prevent further cracking. I was able to get a steel tube from a local shop to fab the handle.
Overall I am happy how the jack restoration turned out. The jack works great as shown at the end of the restoration video. It is smooth and can be lowered with slow control which is what I want in a good floor jack. It is almost too pretty to use, but…we will be using it.
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Kev
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Thanks for checking out this Snap-on jack restoration! I bought this for $120 off of Fb Marketplace. With the jack, parts, paint, and jack oil, I have about $383 or so into this. Was it worth it? I really like the way it turned out. Let me know what you think! Thanks for watching. I do appreciate it!
"i just saved myself.. 150 bucks"
For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son that who so ever believeth in him SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVER LASTING LIFE.
So many parts…😀
That jack probably still has another 25 years left of $300.00 Dollar payments permonth.
What brand gloves is that you are wearing?
If it ever gets to that point I'm not trusting it with my life again no matter how clean it becomes.
I would've modified the wheels by addig needle roller bearings
The ole girl had taken some abuse but sure cleaned up nicely. As far as the total cost of the restoration, although sounds like quite a bit, its still a great investment. Time and money wise. I hate to see the good tools get dumped for scrap
Harbor freight cause most of their stuff is lifetime warranty and when it breaks i can return it and a new one right then and there but with snap on if it's not on the truck you have to wait a week or more
A hammer in grease fitting?
I bought the same jack from the dealer for $200 used. It lasted me 39 years before taking a shit. The hydraulic unit was called a "power unit" to the tune of 600 bucks! Went to the local rubber and gasket company and spent $56 for seals and made the nylon pump seal. Works like a charm.
I had no idea that there were so many parts to that thing! Great job, I'm impressed.
Awesome restoration! I'm a retired mechanic who now restores old farm tractors. There's something about restoring equipment. We live in a disposable society where its easier to throw away and buy new. The trouble is that probably 2/3s of folks would have thrown this jack away and got a new one. This jack is just as good as new and you got the satisfaction of restoring it. Great job!
You can smell the paint whilst watching. Great touch not ruining this extraordinarily good video with music, your work is the soundtrack.
Beauty. Nicely done. Makes me smile how many of your tools are from Harbor Freight doing the work on this Snap-On jack.
His perfectly clean and organized tools alone make me want to watch more. And live in his workshop.
That is the first video over 15 mins long that I’ve watched at normal speed in two years. Excellent work.
Absolutely the best floor jack restoration I have ever seen!...and I've seen a LOT of them! I've even done a few myself!
I have an old floor jack that I inherited when my dad passed. I would love to restore it to it’s original condition!