On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:40:00 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:

Got this old boy running fine.

Here's a trick I use on all my scissor jacks. Find an old
half-inch-drive socket that will fit into the ears where that
mickey-mouse jack handle is supposed to go. Weld the sucker in there!
Then you can use either a half-inch-drive handle or a half-inch-drive
ratchet to crank the jack up. When lifting an engine to change a motor
mount or some such job where you have to get way under the vehicle,
it's a lot easier to use a ratchet handle with a turn of the wrist
than try to crank around on a wobby bent-wire crank.

And of course if you've got an air-drive ratchet...