[Shop-talk] filling a floor jack

[Randall]

> My dilemma is how does one go about filling the hydraulic fluid on a floor
> jack? I lifted the arm all the way up, opened up the fill hole but was
> only able to put a little bit of fluid in before it was full. 

Did you wait for the oil to run down and try again?  On my floor jack it
takes a fair length of time for the oil to run down and level out.

Also, lifting the arm up may fill the cylinder with air.  Suggest instead
you pump it up as high as it will go, add oil, repeat.

Randall