Well, I had the wheel off yesterday inorder to un seize my caliper, and as I was initially tightening the wheelnuts, while still jacked up prior to torquing them when on the ground, I managed to rock the car off the jack. I had just removed the axel stand and tools from under the car, but very luck nothing else was under it. I.e. a hand or foot. The jack was bent and twisted, but no other damage luckily.

Moral of the storey, use the chocks that are supplied in the boot!

To that end, whilst I am on here.... WANTED! L322 jack and handle . Can pay via PayPal.

Many thanks folks MY2010 TDV8 Vogue Ipanema Sand
2002 V8 Vogue Oslo Blue - Gone.

its been discussed many times here on the forum that the jack supplied with the fullfat is pants, its lucky that you weren't hurt and the car was ok.. ... - .- -.




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Dan does them for around £25 delivered i think

Always use the chocks i do now and the standard jack is rubbish. get a trolley jack  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

It does look like its pressed out of tin (the jack) . Could anyone be so kind and let me know dan's website ? Thanks for the reply folks . MY2010 TDV8 Vogue Ipanema Sand
2002 V8 Vogue Oslo Blue - Gone.

Just send him a PM, or put a post on his section of the forum - Duckworths

kingpleb wrote:

get a trolley jack

stan wrote:

its been discussed many times here on the forum that the jack supplied with the fullfat is pants, its lucky that you weren't hurt and the car was ok..

My first attempt at using the supplied jack was shortly followed by a visit to the tip to get rid of it. Pointless piece of kit.

Costco do a great low-level three-ton trolley jack for about £80 which has made a fine replacement.  2021 3.0 P400 Vogue
2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster - gone!
2007 3.6 TDV8 Vogue - gone!
2003 V8 HSE (LPG) - gone!
2018 F-Pace 25t Portfolio
1974 LR Series III Lightweight FFR
2014 BMW 640i Gran Coupe

I got this;

Halfords Trolley Jack
and this;

B&Q bottle Jack to keep in car

and these;

B&Q Jack Stands

Whole Kit about £80.

Managed to swap all 4 wheels with mine without dropping the car as my halfords trolley was too small.

 There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
KIA E-Niro 4+
2021 Discovery 5 D300 MHEV commercial

Talking about this crap Jack.
I recently bought a new rubber strap and I'm if I can work out how to attach the rubber strap to the jack to hold it in place?

Can anyone help by explaining or - even better, and image?!
Thanks L322 4.4 Vogue MY03 - Her name is Bulletproof .... you already know she's not
L322 4.4 Vogue MY05 - Sold to my brother
P38 4.6 HSE MY97 - Regretfully sold

Have you tried the B&Q bottle jack, does it have enough lift?