Jack
| Jack | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Vehicle Maintenance |
| Type | Car Tool |
| Weight | 1.5 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Jack
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The Jack is a mechanics tool that lifts a vehicle off the ground. It is needed to take off tires, brakes and suspension.
Every vehicle type needs a jack for wheel work. Standard, Heavy-Duty and Sports vehicles all rely on the same tool. Without a raised car, the parts behind each wheel stay out of reach.
The jack matters because wheel parts often need a swap. Many tires and brakes on parked cars spawn damaged. A survivor who drives a lot will need a jack again and again. The Mechanic is the best occupation for vehicle maintenance. It starts with the most Mechanics skill.
How to Use Jack
The jack holds the vehicle up while other tools do the work. A Lug Wrench takes the tire off a raised wheel. Once the tire is off, a Wrench reaches the brake and the suspension behind it.
The work follows a fixed order. The tire comes off first. The brake and the suspension can only be reached after that.
The jack stays in the inventory through the whole job. The vehicle is simply lowered back to the ground once a part is off. One jack serves every wheel on every vehicle.
Wheel work also needs the right knowledge for the vehicle type. A survivor who has not learned the mechanics for that type of vehicle cannot use the jack on it. Reading the matching mechanics magazine opens up that work.
A jack, a Lug Wrench and a Wrench together make a full kit for wheel jobs. Keeping all three in the trunk means a flat tire or a worn brake can be fixed on the road.
Locations
Garages are the best places to look, from home garage storage to ranger garages. Car supply stores keep jacks on their counters and shelves. Mechanic shops are good too. Police and fire station garages have them in their tool cabinets. Tool cabinets in other buildings, farm storage, sheds and closets turn one up now and then. Survivor safehouses sometimes hold one as well.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Garage ranger | Other | 6.6% |
| Garage storage | Counter | 6.6% |
| Garage storage | Metal shelves | 6.6% |
| Police garage | Other | 3.8% |
| Police garage | Tool cabinet | 3.8% |
| Fire station garage | Counter | 3.5% |
| Fire station garage | Tool cabinet | 3.5% |
| Any building | Tool cabinet | 3.2% |
| Closet | Crate | 2.6% |
| Closet | Other | 2.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Car supply store | Counter | 5.9% |
| Car supply store | Metal shelves | 5.9% |
| Car supply store | Shelves | 5.9% |
| Car supply shop, sport | Shelves | 5.9% |
| Car supply store | Other | 3.2% |
| Car supply store | Tool cabinet | 3.2% |
| Warehouse | Small box | 2.1% |
| Construction site | Small box | 1.6% |
| Fossoil | Shelves | 0.7% |
| Gas 2 Go | Shelves | 0.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanic | Metal shelves | 5.7% |
| Fire station storage | Tool cabinet | 3.5% |
| Mechanic | Other | 3.2% |
| Farm storage | Tool cabinet | 2.8% |
| Logging factory | Other | 2.6% |
| Logging warehouse | Other | 2.6% |
| Mechanic | Counter | 2.4% |
| Catwalk | Other | 2.1% |
| Storage room | Other | 2.1% |
| Studio | Metal shelves | 2.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Metal shelves | 2.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Metal shelves | 2.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Metal shelves | 2.1% |
Notes
- The tire must come off before the brake or suspension can be reached.
- The jack stays in the inventory after use.
- Mechanics knowledge for the vehicle type is needed before the jack works.
- Carry a jack, a Lug Wrench and a Wrench as one kit.
- Garages and car supply stores are the surest places to find one.
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