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have you the jack's spec FOX?

ta mate..  ... - .- -.




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scarey wrote:

crikey thats a bit close to the van !!

looks like that jack does the job...

btw, whats the reach on your jack?

Miles off that man! I usually park the car so close to the van that even with the mirrors folded in on the RR, there's about 1cm clearance against the side of the van, I suppose I do take up 2/3 of the drive space with my car and van, even more if I bring the Mini home.

I'll check the specs on the jack too as off hand, I can't remember how high it goes.

Fox wrote:

The one Maak uses is perfect. I have the same.

Who? [/pedantic mode] 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

Sorry, I was going by your reg plate/username.

I got a 2 1/2 tonne jack from Halfrauds at about £100, surprisingly a fair old effort to jack the old girl up!I only bought it as I was swapping out all the discs and pads too.

I did take the car into National Tyres to have the wheels ballanced up just recently (new 7 spoke 19's ) and the fitter asked me to raise the car to the off road setting? I'd have thought dropping it all the way down would have been better, but hey ho! At least the wobble stopped

hongkongphooey wrote:

I got a 2 1/2 tonne jack from Halfrauds at about £100, surprisingly a fair old effort to jack the old girl up!I only bought it as I was swapping out all the discs and pads too.

I did take the car into National Tyres to have the wheels ballanced up just recently (new 7 spoke 19's ) and the fitter asked me to raise the car to the off road setting? I'd have thought dropping it all the way down would have been better, but hey ho! At least the wobble stopped

Yep, got me too. I'd of thought by lowering it, there would be less suspension travel using up the jacks travel, raising the car would just mean jacking for longer????

I'd didn't object too much in case I'd missed something completely obvious

One bloke told me to put it in off road height with the hazards on and tailgate open when having one of my tyres resealed, apparently to let the car know it was about to be jacked up.

Fox - Mark not Maak  2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

Sounds like one of my dates

Anytime i have had tyres or alloys changed at National thats what they do as Mark above has said ....

Had a few changes in my time

hongkongphooey wrote:

Sounds like one of my dates

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 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

I have a 48" Farm Jack for my Defender and hate using it as it could slip so easily if not very carefully set up, also FFRR would suffer severe panel damage trying to lift on that style of jack as the lifting leg would have to be right against the panels or the door open, there are also no suitable jacking points on L322 for the "Land Rover" peg that can be fitted to most utility Land Rovers for lifting them by the front or rear of the chassis with a farm jack. The 3t trolley is the best thing if you don't have a garage hoist like 47P2's

Scarey and Fox - the reasons for putting the car to offroad height 1) you are not having to use the jack to overcome the extension of the airstruts which are empty at access mode 2) if you lift with the suspension in access height you also confuse a lot of ride height sensors. The local Budget centre have trolley jacking of modern Land Rovers to a fine art.......... they learned the hard way the first L322 or D3 they had in for a tyre change........... they put the jack under the suspension compressor and putt the whole weight of the car on it to lift it! They follow the LR owners manual to the letter including using the wedge on the diagonally opposite wheel and putting the car into low box before they start jacking the car up 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

When using a trolley jack you should lift as per the workshop manual. There are jacking points on the front and rear subframe in the center.

This also enabled you to use axle stands, which if you're doing work on tough components that need some elbow grease is a must.

Dan 

I find a windy gun takes out lots of the elbow grease  2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

tim thanks for the advice re the farm jack and the info on jacking the FFRR.  ... - .- -.




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