Excellent video. You have to admire these civil war vets😀

Leave the cap off when you bleed it. And also your not supposed to fill it all the way with fluid, just cover the inner cylinder

Great video for beginners mate. ❤

Went to go pop the cap off and it was full of compressed air. Sent the rubber bung flying across the shop😅

Sage advice from EdontheBeach. 44 Blue Pills or 44 Yellow Pills generic Viagra from AutoZone for your jack. I have the same jack that I bought 15+ years back from Harbor Freight and I love this jack. Earlier this year I used it to lift a 20" diameter tree trunk so I could saw it. Thank you kind sir for enlightening me on the errors of the two plugs astride the handle. It makes perfect sense now, for the floor jack is really a sideways bottle jack with machinery to change the direction of travel and then set upon wheels to ease the jack placement. Now if only my truck could be as easy to fix as it is to jack it up. But, alas, it's not.

This looks like a HiLoad. I have a 2-3/4 Ton variant of this same floor jack. It was leaking and I found replacement fill hole plugs. Followed this video exactly and the jack works perfectly now. Thanks dude!

"Engine oil is compressible"? REALLY?

most fun ever

Lol i do the same thing putting fasteners and things back in place while diassembling. i tell myself i am sensible. But neurotic is a better description.🤣

ever hear about Mr. Clean ha ha,. thanks very much for the tips

Only one that had the jack that I have only one that was clear has gave points on how to maintain it thank you

ATF is fine to use in a jack, though actual jack oil is thicker than AFT. It actually has stuff in it to condition rubber seals. Motor oil on the other hand is a big no no. Motor oil has sulfur in it, the sulfur absorbs moisture over time from the air turning the oil acidic which will eat up the seals in your jack....And no ATF does not have sulfur which is why ATF can be left in the transmission for many years, but motor oil is supposed to be changed yearly regardless of mileage.

Thank you, my 40 year old jack is like new again. however I did put 100% synthetic engine oil in it. All I had sorry.

Love it, saved myself from buying a crappy new one, CND 300, I also have the same jack bought 40 years ago! Those with a few miles under their belt have a way of speaking clearly, they know, life is simple and today society has a way of being really fricken complicated because they think they know. Really happy I found your clip and thank you!! Cheers

Thank you

Thank you sir you have helped me out thank you

Absolutely amazing video!😮New friend here now and subscriber😊❤❤❤❤❤❤

@EdontheBeach July 2024 here, just to let you know, even though your post is 7yrs old, it's what I needed for my job!!! I purposely logged for this comment. Even though you may have long forgotten about posting this,.. after 7yrs, it's still helping people & thanks from the,....future?? Cheers

What about draining and refilling? That an option? I used brake fluid before seeing this.(to top it off, so maybe 5% of total fluid is brakefluid) Its a great old jack, just like this one but bigger

Seems like this methods is indeed best. Just watch out, that rubber plug will pop outta there and fling fluid at you. Mine was harder to get to than this one though

I really appreciate how you explain why not to use brake fluid or motor oil.

This is a very good video it explains things perfectly I have a floor jack with four ports and messed with the flat headed screw and oil came out under pressure my rubber plug is painted red didn’t think that was the port to put the oil in but it was so thank you for making an easy to follow video my man cheers

After watching some of 'those videos' I went down the rabbit hole of 'fixing' my Craftsman 3-ton jack, which I've had for at least 30 years. Thank goodness I found your video and followed your advice. The rubber plug looked like steel, painted silver, just like the jack, but it was there. I used a straw as a funnel because I didn't want to make another trip out for one after driving all over town to find the jack oil. That plug was a booger to get back in after filling the jack with oil. But, once I wrestled that back in the jack worked like a charm, just as you described. Thank you, Ed, for your video and no-nonsense but enjoyable delivery of how to get my jack working again. Definitely, two thumbs up! 👍👍😁

How is that Summitt Racing radiator holding up today and are Champion radiators made in the USA?

It can also leak from the center piece. Hopefully you can make a video if you still are still alive on how to replace that

I just got this jack for free. What brand is it?

You are so lucky! How absolutely amazing ❤

Starting to do this for my bosses, And we're all learning! Thanks for being thorough dude!!

Chinapion

I don’t see a plug in my cylinder- could it be one of those openings in the back?

Wow! Thank you sir. My Jack quit working and I saw the left hand hole there at the rear and thought I had lost a screw in plug and have been on the search for a plug for it so I could put in Jack oil and get it working again. I will buy some Jack oil and fill as you instructed. Way to go!

Colder denser air = more power and better gas burn

I have one of those here in Canuckland, it Will outlast me and my kids, came from Oswego NY, thank you muchly !!

Appreciate You, Brother! Worked on my jack! Thank You so much!:Watched before this 4-5 worthless BS videos. Glad I found You

Finally someone that knows what he's doing. It seams like everyone is unscrewing the screws, those are not too be tampered with, unless it needs to be refurbished from neglect. And like he said, Jack's especially an older one like mine and his, they will be around for thousands of years, literally.

Sharp lookin wagon

Copy that . "Before I threw it away I said I’ll search one more time and here you are saving me $200. Thanks a million!!!"

My dad bought this Jack for me from harbor freight 20 years ago and works fantastic.. thank you for posting

Yes as stated earlier, easy to understand video. 👍 Question, I filled the resevoir and bled all the air out of my Craftsman 214.12300 three ton car jack. I checked all the ball bearings also. It pumps up a bit and then starts to fall flat. Do you or others have any clues?

Excellent video👍🏽👍🏽

By any chance, Do u live in Oklahoma? Lol😂 My belt just broke yesterday. I need help replacing it.

Do you know what brand/midel that jack is? I have the same one with the “n o” where handle goes in. I had a custom seal kit put together for it because they couldn’t identify it. Thanks!

How tight do you make the belt? I feel I may have overtightened mine

i have one that it goes up ok but when i replace the rubber plug it hesitate going completely up

Mine stopped going up at all… the gears look like they aren’t connecting very well

Thanks brother

I have a very serious question I had my car taken to the shop that changed the belts and they did not put the serpentine bolt adjuster back in is there anything else that I need with it that I'm not seeing

Puts "spraying" in the title then says near the end of the video "I'm not going to do a video of me standing around spraying." 🤣

Just curious... Did you talk to Champion about warranty replacement? I understand that it wasn't installed by a certified mechanic and you can't prove the type of coolant you had in it, but often if I talk to the manufacturer in similar circumstances, they will still replace it or at least provide a discount on the replacement. I'm not saying they would, just curious if you talked to them before making the video.

I seriously was fixing to go buy a new Jack. I’ve had this thing forever and have long lost the paperwork. I eventually had every part of this thing off trying to get fluid back in it. Before I threw it away I said I’ll search one more time and here you are saving me $200. Thanks a million!!!