How To Fix A Bottle Jack Like A Pro

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[@capatainnemo]

cody loves his jacks so much he named his son after them lol

[@Taylor-xh8uh]

Asshat

[@gorillaau]

Jackass?

[@Bl00DmixedWithPoison]

Lmao!!

[@ericdeaton2247]

Nothing like having your torch right next to 9 gas cans!

[@1978garfield]

I loved that too. Reminded me of Red Green...and using the torch on the farm.

[@edog1955]

ON a wobbly stand!!!

[@christophersimpson7052]

Ahh itle be right if it wasn't there wouldn't be a farm left standing they would all be burned to the ground cause most farms I been to and worked on are like this

[@mineer-pg5sv]

Lmaoo

[@5305boat]

Love this series! Reminds me of your older videos. Which is what got me here in the first place. Ive been a sub for 8ish years. Keep up the good work

[@tedmattingly7564]

For your antisieze, mix a little engine oil in it to thin it a bit. Over time it tends to dry a little anyway. I removed the brush that's attached to the lid and I use an acid brush with a longer handle. Less messy and easier to use. I taped a small section of plastic tube to the outside of the container for the brush to sit in. I have several hyd jacks too, they're useful in many sizes

[@igordzuro4353]

Well if you have long gotten rid of those spark plug cars, why not show us viewers making one ? :))

[@timreid9556]

Igor Dzuro be a great video full of Granddad stories

[@BigfootExp]

Great video! Loctite bomb was hilarious and there's just something about fixing tools, it just feels great to win the battle with a stubborn tool :)

[@Captkman]

Well there's 18 minutes of my life that I will never get back, but I don't care because I enjoyed this video a bunch.

[@franlum]

I spent 5"51 seconds. Laurel and Hardy is what I saw.

[@livingbackwoods9321]

“Be sure it’s not backwards thread...” yeah it’s too bad you can’t see the threads.. or you would know 🤔🤨

[@ColtonBlumhagen]

haha yeah

[@cmcnamee342]

The highwst form of intelligence

[@rennakanote]

Toyota manufacturers certain bottles jacks for some of their models of cars during a certain time period. I had one from junk yard I paid $15 for. The Toyota bottle jack had some kind of screw / thread interface which made it hard to use so I returned it. If I had power tools, I would have done an idea like you using the 40mm socket or something to move the bottle jack up and down really fast. Maybe I I’ll buy it again, get a speed wrench, and some sticks for spinning the circle twist system up and down. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@loganlafavor4876]

I love this series please do the entire shop!

[@delav83]

The timing of this is perfect. Just brought home a bottle jack from work that was gonna be tossed!

[@BacktotheBasics101]

Great video, your two fixing your floor jack in this video reminds me of your old shows which I really liked.👍🏼 Happy trails Luke

[@699hazard]

Great video Cody, bottle jacks are great for jacking trees over when they don't want to fall by themselves.

[@JustinVK]

"you just had to say loctite sent you the anti-seize ;)" jk Love the videos. Thank you!

[@clay10fd13]

I like the shop series videos Thanks!

[@edlancaster58]

You got it loose despite using heat on the wron part. You heated the screw which made it expand. If you were wanting to use heat5, the place to heat was the box, or the female part. Warming it would cause it to expand and help you achieve your goal.

[@BrokenRanch918]

I like how you can use Loctite for everything!😀 Great video

[@edgeofeternity101]

By heating the "internal" thread, you are expanding it. The heat may work, but it wound be better to expand the receptical side of the assembly. Now there is the fact that the ground portion has the seals in it, so a lot of heat will likely ruin the seals. The product Kroil acts to dissolve rust, and free up stuck and very stubborn parts. As a toolmaker, I've seen it work when noting else would. In the past I've suggested things, and you have have ignored my efforts, I was only trying to help. This may be the last time i even bother.

[@deancartwright9784]

Big thumbs up on the Kroil. Been using all three of the Kano Koil spray's for years. Always works like you think it should!!!

[@BrassLock]

Well, it seems that you've been ignored for another 2 years, so I guess you'll never ever bother again 😉. Its all rather sad really, except when you think that hundreds of people might have read your comments and retained that knowledge for future use. So it wasn't a total waste if your time hey!

[@kingkire1556]

I was about to comment the same thing. He heated the wrong side. Results are result though.

[@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc]

I use coper slip as a nine size on my cars wheel bolts it's really effective and torque to spec with no issues after 6 months still torque to spec

[@ecurbhi770]

Great video. Did anyone else hear the crackling in the 11:40 time? Is there a fire in the background we do not see???

[@glennconnor4865]

Thanks for some thoughts on what to do about my junked up shop!

[@TheRedneckprepper]

Cody dont use a torch (open flame) that close to the gas cans ! ya need a steel cabinet bro !

[@wranglerstar]

Thank you Sally,

[@TheRedneckprepper]

@@wranglerstar I know I know Cody but that happened to me in my shop once ! just saying bro !!!

[@azza-in_this_day_and_age]

this is the safety police, we have a report that youre concerning a sally with your actions, we have the place surrounded come out with your hands up

[@TheRedneckprepper]

@@azza-in_this_day_and_age Humm dont seem to take constructive criticism well ? defensive ? @ almost 60 ive done and seen a bunch of Opps in my life . I,d rather call him Cody then Burney ?

[@davidg105]

That's OK, KABOOM is always fun to watch.

[@leekollar3298]

That's good news about the jack!

[@garlanddavis5115]

Cody, glad you turned the rose bud away from the ox\propane tanks and gas cans! Consider moving the fuel away from your hot works station!!

[@kristopherdb]

Cody you have inspired me for years and we finally took the first step to be who I want to be. We just got 3 acres and a modest home just outside Portland. The part I missed was how many tools and items I need to work smarter and not harder. The little toolbox I carried around from apartment to townhouse and raising two little girls on my own just wont cut it out here on the farm. I don't have much as we grew up very poor but I have heart, love and joy. And this place makes me happy. You are lucky to have so many hand me downs. I am using these videos to see what I need and I appreciate your knowledge. This is going to make yard selling so much more fun.

[@EngineeringGoneWrong]

I didnt have nearly as many hand me downs as him either but it doesn't matter. Tons of people are selling tools dirt cheap at garage sales, flea markets etc. Furthermore, I've done jobs for people here and there and gotten tools as payment if say, the owners husband had died and she still had all his tools. Learn what to look for, and learn how to spot great tools hidden under the dirt and rust. Wranglerstar has plenty of videos on how to do this so start digging! Good luck!

[@kristopherdb]

That is the plan

[@flatlandwelder]

Jake C speaks the truth. Once helped a guy build a coral. Took five hours. What he gave me was worth almost $ 300. That was in 1988 and long before the internet. You can now find anything you need online or on the cell phone. Think before buying, get the best quality for the lowest prince and enjoy the ride. It was 60 years when my bit of haven came down. Also look for the three books, "The Tightwad Gazette". Those short stories will save you thousands. Best of luck to you and yours.

[@garrettgiuffre5653]

I'm right behind you

[@garrettgiuffre5653]

You would be amazed at how fast you can collect. I have found on the side of the road so many useful tools without issues

[@williamjessop1996]

The ideal is to heat up the outer sleeve so it expands not the inner screw so it gets tighter

[@thejunkguys4712]

so u know you cant heat outer sleeve it has rubber o rings if they melt it will leak and become a paper weight

[@kiptonm]

@@thejunkguys4712 I was thinking the same thing.

[@thomaspasqualone7584]

@@thejunkguys4712 You make a good point. But heating up the inner sleeve will transfer somewhat to the other one, at which point you can squirt the inner one with water, causing it to contract, and hopefully break the offending sleeve loose.

[@rondunn9398]

My dad had a great idea, He had a Morton building with steel beams. He took a triangle frame with a hinge and welded it to one of the beams. He put a piece of flat iron on top of the frame and hung all his chains from the flat iron on the top of the frame and then swung it toward the wall so it wasn't sticking out into the shop where someone could walk into it. The bottom of the brace ran down the beam about 4 feet from the top of the flat iron because he had a lot of chains living on the farm!

[@treeguy4009]

You're Rosebud stand that looks like a flywheel instead of a brake rotor👍

[@grahamefreestone5309]

I thought it looked like a brake drum as opposed to a brake disc..

[@jsteeves79]

That's a flywheel.

[@PaulsMechanics]

Yep, it’s a flywheel

[@iowafoxoutdoors_8838]

This video is great! Im slowly building up my tool collection and I love finding old tools and fixing them. Your videos are Very inspiring and helpful keep the great work up! I always enjoy watching your stuff!

[@hsbro1]

The loctite bomb is the best ever !!Still laughing

[@warrenmichael918]

it was as funny as the teeny tiny loctite that he poured into the jack when pouring the oil in

[@jeffcoker4880]

"the best every"?

[@antoniomerola9452]

U are so helpful thanks

[@jebediahperry1001]

2 things I wonder if he knows that his vice has a pipe gripe in it and a good bottle jack has the flat spots in it to help u turn them when they stick like that or are over extended

[@matthewsbernier]

I was looking at that pipe vice the whole time as he was slipping around in the flat jaws.

[@BrassLock]

You can make a better "pipe-vise" out of two blocks of wood that fit into the flat jaws. Simply drill an exact diameter hole so that half is removed from each block. Wood grips metal like nothing else imaginable, especially if slightly roughened with a wire brush to enhance the cellulose microstructure. Geckos grip smooth walls due to their micro-prints on their paw-pads which are nano-sized surface irregularities. Such a "pipe-vise" won't damage chrome finishes.

[@zacaryowens3248]

Have you oiled your mailbox lately mr. Wranglerstar

[@wranglerstar]

Thank you for the reminder, should I include this in tomorrow's video Zacary?

[@zacaryowens3248]

@@wranglerstar Absolutely! I'm curious to see how it has soaked in over the year or so!

[@Jako1987]

I find this conversation funny

[@glenglene8473]

Bought a 12 ton press from HF and sitting in the box for months. I assembled few weeks ago and used to press out the arm bushing. I noticed the oil leaks out from the top. Does this mean the o-ring inside is bad?

[@martyhandley4456]

Yeah, I get it....happening at my house too....refreshing

[@jeffstone7912]

You can buy bottle jacks cheap at Walmart. They are China made but they work fine. Just make sure you put some anti-seize on the threaded part when you store them so they don’t get rusted. lol.

[@robrocco5420]

FYI you heat the nut not the bolt... you where heating the bolt making it expan making it harder to get it to go into the nut part... what u uselly do is but the part into the freezer over night... and so as you take it out start heating the nut part...

[@Mechman0925]

Next time.......pull the wrench 90 deg to the vice jaws not parallel.

[@2012metalmulisha]

My welding teacher used to say " A before O or up you go!" I'll never forget him telling that all the time at us kids.

[@JackRobertson17]

Why didn’t you use the air gun first to try and get it loose?

[@tank2449]

ya might wanna move the tank and the gas jugs away when using a torch

[@texpatriot8462]

You seem to have a lot of plastic gasoline bottles near an open flame.

[@tonyioannoni4951]

Just curious here, you kept ONLY 4...how many your going to give away?!?!?!?!?!?!? BTW the Loctite bomb was great!

[@benfeld4058]

I would have put the heat on the housing, not the threads. The idea is to expand the metal casing on the outside to loosen it up. We do this sometimes in steamfitting with a stubborn screw pipe joint.

[@timgrede6845]

A jack that you might want to add to your collection is a hydrophilic toe jack or low clearance jack. They are similar to a bottle jack but have a dogleg bracket that can get under things like a toe would.

[@hilltopper34w1]

Old tire chains make a great ballast & very low center of gravity for a machine base that want dance like it has the heebee jeebbees.

[@mattfranks5501]

I am enjoying this series so much really like it when you have the shop videos helps us younger guys set stuff up that works. Thank you!

[@robrocco5420]

Best Penetrating Oil is ATF & ACETONE hands down... many people have tested it against bp blast and wd 40 it has beated both hands down.... machine shop use it all the time... many ppl on KZbin and other places have done compare each one and it had beaten them all... just 1 problem with it... acetone eats many types of plastic so u have to store it in a metal container

[@deancartwright9784]

WD-40 has never been and will never be a Penetrating Oil.

[@cmcnamee342]

Putting that stand on a wedge with a lit torch is a recipe for disaster, why not use 2 of the cribbing blocks for a completely square and level raise, if you bumped that stand when it's raised on a wadge it could fall so easily

[@deancartwright9784]

Best thing to do is to rebuild that stand to telescope up and down with a set screw added. May be another days project.

[@cmcnamee342]

Well that goes with out saying, but square block would do in a pinch

[@dwoodog]

LOL!!! Loved the loctite bomber!!

[@proximap2151]

when you had it hot the first time, that's when you should of poked it with a candle, let the wax seep all the way down the threads.. after that it will release it. another old school way.

[@carsonmcintosh2298]

proxima p project farm tested this trick. Doesn’t work as well as you’d hope :/

[@mtollmaster3747]

How about moving the 50 gallons of gas!!! LOL WTF???

[@willierants5880]

LMAO! This was gold start to finish. Cody you must've had a blast making this one. I would've added some rubber to the threaded end as well to prevent the marring, still it all worked out in the end.

[@wobblysauce]

WillieRants copper start to finish you mean.

[@cwennem]

A tip for future reference, next time you have a stubborn nut, bolt, or somthing threaded if you heat it red hot and then quench it in water(slowly pour a gallon) it works better than just heat more times than not.

[@jessevoidswarranties8335]

You have to worry about the seals of the jack and I would be worried about stressing the metel by shocking it in water.

[@josephpadula2283]

Instead of the penetrating oil you put on after it was hot, Put on a piece of Beeswax! The oil just flashes way But the beeswax will melt and act as a penetrating oil and lubricant as well. Afterwards use the anti sieze.

[@cwennem]

This is why I said future reference not necessarily on a jack, of course you have to worry about seals and what not , but I just mean as a general application for a stubborn nut, it's up to whoever to use common sense when trying

[@joshuawimberly4445]

With those come alongs if the handles are aluminum the handles will bend if there is to much weight on them

[@Jmwtime]

The copper anti - seize tolerates higher heat, among other things. The silver is not as good, but fine for most things.

[@graemehaughton480]

Could have done that with two hammers one on the bottom and hit it from the top with the other will break the rust hold on it and ud be able to turn it brake fluid all over it and it would turn freely

[@outdoorperson6411]

I think this is the closest wrangler star has came to cursing

[@bobbyw9046]

Smashing a can with a Hammer to lower the applicator brush is a foolish was to get the stuff on the bottom of the can! Once you open up the seam on the can the product inside will dry out in short order!! The way to go is to use a 10 cent "acid brush" of a longer length. Leave the longer brush in the can but smashing a can is the wrong way to approach it IMO.

[@heyyou5189]

Longer brush left in can means cover is off can is drying out.

[@bobbyw9046]

No Sir! Cut it - don't leave can opened. On an angle it's short enough to close can and ling enough to reach bottom. The disposable Acid Brushes bend easily.

[@bbond302]

Can cut the top off of your copper anti seize can and keep the applicator brush to use all the product!

[@Sackmatters]

So the way you were heating doesn’t make much sense to me as a steel worker and a welder. I know your not applying astronomical amounts of head and your looking for a even heat pattern through the threaded portion of your jack but as you said and wanted to apply heat to a larger area, you placed the torch somewhat close to the piece there for not making a large heat effected zone. I’m not in any way shape or form trying to be nit picky and or mean I was just wondering why you did it this way rather than crank up the torch and slowly moved left to right and front side to back side as most other people would. Great video btw. I’m going to use a similar method to fix some clamps at work that un-careful people damaged.

[@wranglerstar]

Perhaps but it's hard to deny the results,

[@Sackmatters]

Wranglerstar exactly my point you got the exact result you were looking for and at a cost effective rate therefor is my question as to why you chose this method and or what you have learned in the past letting you know how this would be so effective. I knew the hammer technique being able to pinch and make your threads smaller I just thought at first “huh this is a new way to do it” that’s why I asked my first question. Thank you for the quick response as well sir.

[@chrise8442]

Copper grease will eat any rubber seals

[@Carter229]

Have you considered how heating it may have compromised the structural integrity of the bottle jack?

[@wranglerstar]

No, the alternative was to throw it in the scrap metal pile,

[@Carter229]

@@wranglerstar ok, I hope you're careful when you use it! Very nice video series btw :)

[@mitchdenner9743]

@@Carter229 that's why you always use the Jack stands that you seen under cody's bench to hold the car up, not a jack. Safety sally

[@cliffvetter]

Cody please store gas, flammables away from welding equipment and oxy/ace torch, and grinding. Thanks.

[@geraldkooienga8699]

You need to run that rosebud way hotter then that or you will blow it up!

[@bobbob8229]

RIGHT. And don't wear nylon vest around torch.

[@shayn4220]

Have a question I wanna buy the tin pants do the fit loose did u get a bigger size , how they fit , 👍🏻

[@wranglerstar]

If you wear a 36 buy a 38, go up two inches,

[@renemanjr123]

Open flame and gas cans 6 feet away but not to worry they are the safty ones you know the CARB compliant HEHEHEHE!!!

[@e9999qwe]

The USPS wants its box back! :) but I need to remember the inner tube bit next time I want to protect a shaft of sorts!!

[@Rusty_ok]

Here I am Watching someone fix an old bottle jack and cleaning out his shop. I guess Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

[@jeffcoker4880]

You fix it by buying a new one.

[@JessHines]

I'd be careful about ruining the heat treatment of the screw by getting it red hot there. More heat than needed to get the metal to expand. Low and slow works better here, just like with steaks!

[@Deice1957]

Didn't seem like a great spot to torch the jack with all those gas cans 3 feet away!

[@prdoohan]

I should have mentioned the heat and then blast it with the spray lube to cool it. I did that lots of times with smear heads on plastic injection mold screws. Those get super tight with the heat and pressure.

[@GiantRiderRob]

Great vid, the bike tube and that crazy thread antisieze is a damn good idea.

[@ArkansasPilgrim]

It looks like I didn't like or comment on this video back when I watched it originally. Oops. Mark Twain called golf "a good walk, spoiled". Never-sneeze.

[@Mycouponman]

LOL . Good one Cody. Whats sad is some will believe.

[@hiddenworldforge374]

Get a post vise, or 2 or 3. You really shouldn't be beating on a mechanic's vise, it just shows you don't care for your tools or you don't know better. You can get away with some hammering on a bench, but a post vise is built for being beaten on. I have one and I've beaten on it with a sledge without worrying or damaging it

[@SJGINC]

In the future you should heat the part your screwed into. That expands that material to help loosen the screw. Also, the other Jaws on your vise are for pipe and round objects.

[@ynotshowme2ur3times]

Just replaced the cord on my wifes infered space heater. The old plug was getting hot to the touch so instead of just changing the plug i upgraded it from the flat cord to the better insulated cord like the newer heaters have.

[@zachmeyer2718]

The lesson from this video is treat your tools right in the first place so this doesn’t happen. I’ve made this mistake with vises, axes, saws, planes... if I just oiled it or put it away in the first place I wouldn’t haven’t had to spend all day cleaning it

[@alpine1600s]

WARNING! Those rose buds use LOTS of gas pressure. Too much for a single cylinder of acetylene to be withdrawn at a safe rate. Most backfires are from not enough fuel.

[@gypsymanjeff2184]

Honestly u don't want the screw shaft to get hot it will expand ..wire wheel it. & pen oil ..also a pipe on ur pipe wrench bro should do the trick..heat will ruin seal also wrench on the head or you mess the threads up.just experience..oh that's propane not acetyline

[@MrJohnweez]

If you and your dad worked on the spark plug cars together he may have liked it because it was something you guys liked doing together.

[@JoseGarcia-fj9qb]

That intro tho

[@zlindauer5315]

im not through with the video yet but the title like a pro dosent seem to fit. maybe im not sure what im really doing with this bottle jack. hope you and yours are good and safe man. thanks for your videos cody.

[@mjmcomputers]

I have the same can of anti seize. The new stuff isn’t as good as the old stuff.

[@bucky621]

His grandad sounds like he was so cool

[@Whitshobbyhomestead]

If you haven’t done the chain video yet could you save a rusty old chain segment. Thank you Whit

[@blatant2subtlety]

Build a few with Jack! What a great opportunity to have some carefree fun with the boy!

[@AGregPalmer]

Start with 50-50 acetone and atf. Absolutely the best penetrating fluid on the planet.

[@LoneStarPrepperOfficial]

I clicked on this video because I miss read the title as "How to fix a Bottle OF Jack like a pro."

[@KILLKING110]

be careful with the heat because if you heat it up too much you cant take the tempering out of the metal

[@jshan8205]

I welded a nut to the top turned mine that was seized with my impact. Came right a loose. Then cut the nut off grind it down.

[@charliestovall9953]

Cody ! Really you need to take a course in shop safety, you have "NO" idea how dangerous those gas cans setting there are . I can tell you don't like for people to tell you where your wrong ,but if you live after the gas cans blow, it will be years before you can make more videos , this is (FREE) advise no charge, no thanks needed . ......................................JS*

[@Hammerjockeyrepair]

Well judging by these last few videos, I see you named your son after your favorite tool! lol

[@Bulletstop75]

Step 1: Toss old bottle jack in metal scrap. Step 2: Drive to Harbor Freight. Step 3: Buy new chinesium bottle jack for price of Happy Meal at McDonalds. Step 4: Done.

[@ttkddry]

You are a consumer, not a maker. Fixing things learns you valuable skills, too

[@Bulletstop75]

@@ttkddry lol!

[@Clay3613]

Easier just to fix it unless the thing snaps in half.

[@tomnekuda3818]

I recommend sprinkling Rust Buster around like Holy Water while mumbling incantations I learned working on Fords.....not for family.....Anti-Seize and Loctite are gifts from the gods. Soaking in diesel is nice, too.

[@HankeyMountainGarage]

Your stories of your grandfather remind me a lot of my own. He's been a carpenter, truck driver, and just a great handyman and always taken care of everything around their property. He's 87 now and still does very well for his age, keeping a wood stove and working around the house nearly every day and also does things for grandma all the time as well. She recently stopped driving a few years back. These stories of your remind me I need to cherish my grandparents more than I sometimes do or want to do. Thanks Cody.

[@SnowyFinland]

Useful wisdom at the end of that video. Chip away at your set of unfinished projects. Watch it slowly but surely get smaller. What was a burden can be a means to satisfaction.

[@jessemyers7102]

I had the exact issue when I bought a used jack. I sprayed the rusted screw with WD40, let it sit over night, used a piece of pvc, that fit the shaft size close, on the shaft that I had around shop and cranked it tight in the vice. Then I hit the end of screw with a hammer a few times and sprayed with WD40 again and worked it back and forth , sprayed WD again and worked it again and hit it a few times again and worked till it came loose. So basically same concept as yours, except I didn't use heat. And to loosen the cap on your container, I just used a pair of channel locks, gripped the cap and came loose easily, WITHOUT damaging and smashing up the container. Hitting the container with a hammer, you risk breaking the seal around the rim or cracking the container. Just use channel locks, VERY SIMPLE. Other than that Good video, except use channel locks on seized containers to avoid smashing the container, usually comes apart fairly easily. I had lots of old containers with them glued shut! But always got them loose with the channel lock.