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Loosey-Goosey Crap Lighter Jack? 200 1982DL

posted by  someone claiming to be Ryan Sayre on  Fri Sep 14 15:49 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Things about my Volvo lighter jack that suck:

* Loose in its mounting against the panel -- it can be rotated around willy-nilly.

* contact is intermittent even when the accessory jacks are firmly in place... you gotta move it around into weird places and hope it stays in place.

* shuts off with the engine (but you volvo nuts already knew that one was coming from a mile away)

Is this (other than the shutoff part, of course) a consistent flaw of the Volvo lighter jack, or is it just me or maybe the years right close around 1982?

What's a good change? Is there a particular make/model of car I can scavenge a jack from in the junk yard to do a drop in replacement? And where should I patch in the constant-current feed into the jack? Directly from the battery? (hopefully not!)

Thanks!





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