How Do I Put The Jack Back Correctly?

[wpfloor]

I must sound like a total dunderhead asking this, but ...

I removed the jack on our 1999 Camry LE to replace a flat, and I'll be da--ed if I can figure out how to put the da--ed thing back! In the meantime, it rattles in the well where it is stored because I can't figure out how to hunker it down properly.

Can anyone provide me with instructions on how to put that bugger back in correctly, or, better yet, does anyone have access to a schematic or photo of how it goes?

Thanks in advance for the help ...

[Dark-LE]

you close the jack completly, and place it in between the two posts where it goes... and open it up as far as it goes untill it locks itself in.

[wpfloor]

Thanks very much for the quick reply. Please bear with me as I ask another question about your response: How does the jack sit in there related to the posts? Right-side-up? Upside-down? Sideways? I don't know why I am having such a mental block about this , but I can't figure out how to place the jack to I can then crank it up and lock it in.

Appreciate your patience with me on this one ...

Bill F

[RedPhoenix]

dont worry i cant get mine in right either

[Phi]

-completely collapse the jack
-lay it in the bracket on it's side with the screw thingy pointing twds you and the foot of the jack faces the outside of the car (if memory is right).
-open the jack slightly to secure

[Dark-LE]

mine sits on its side with the base of the jack in the direction of the spare tire well. once you have the base up against the little bar that holds the jack in, openup the jack so the notch where the jack holds the car up is onto the other little bar, holding the jack tight

[Keep]

when I get home, i'll simply take a picture of what it SHOULD look like ok?

(that is, if nobody beats me to it)

[mendozer]

here ya go i tried

[terrastrife]

mine has the foot of the jack facing hte inside of the car, noto outside :P either way, it sits onits side and you just 'raise' the jack to jam it in place.

[skewe]

wow!!!
so much thought given to putting back a jack

[mendozer]

hey! we gotta get it exact. hahaha

[Phi]

Originally Posted by skewe

wow!!!
so much thought given to putting back a jack

I'm surprised nobody told wpfloor to go read his owner's manual yet

[Keep]

how do you open the owner's manual though??

(jk),

i'll take a pic of my jack in its holder when I get home

[skewe]

Originally Posted by Keep

how do you open the owner's manual though??

(jk),

i'll take a pic of my jack in its holder when I get home

well, it all depends.
if u paid toyota for a manual case.

If you did, it might be a bit complicated.
...zippers, whether the manual is on the left or right side cover, index search....

Wooooahhhh.. time to lock the thread and move on

[Keep]