1965 Dodge Dart Charger

65dartcharger said

We started out in his trunk to check out the posibility of placing the tire upside down and then add the plate and then the hook. But the big difference here is that Johans car has another hook compare what I have. He has a centered hole in it!!

That makes it possible to store the hook through the rod and that will also get the extra space. The issue with this is that the large wing-nut can't be used on top of the upside down hook.


Placing the bumper jack where it belongs makes problem too. It can't be stored with the hook in Place even if it's smaller. Where to add the spring?

To be continued........

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You should have a strap loop in the floor of the trunk ahead of the stamped receiver for the base of the mast and the jack handle/tire iron. Place the spring with the wound end through the jack handle shaft and slip the pointed end under the loop, slightly from the side to clear the stamped receiver. Then back the jack handle against the receiver. Place the base of the jack mast at the bend of the jack handle with the rounded edge of the mast facing the jack handle, and the flat face with the teeth on it against the receiver. Hook the end of the spring into the area below where the hook installs. There is a pin there in the mast ratchet, and a loosely wound wire spring. Flip the lever on the mast ratchet to raise, and manually operate the ratchet to raise it on the mast and create tension on the spring, which in turn pulls up on the jack handle.