After owning my fatty for 3 years and reading numerous posts on the subject I finally got round to buying a Sprinter Jack and adding the ally location pad to it.
I bought a 16mm stepped drill and some M6 grub screws, after drilling the 16mm hole drilled a 4mm hole at right angles then drilled and tapped M6 x 10mm deep at each end of the hole. Pushed in a 4mm x 45mm long pin then screwed in the grub screws each side to close the hole. I know its a bit OTT, bored retired engineer that's my excuse.

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proper job There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Thanks

Cracking job.

It makes my bent nail solution look very amateurish.

Strider,

That's a very dangerous statement !

Would you like to join the 'engineering team' for the group buys we have going on supplying these?

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Hi Bushy30,
I know, it was said slightly tongue in cheek, join a Engineering Team ??? didn't know we had one, tell me more.

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One of my friends has decided to add the ally pad to his recently purchased Mercedes Jack, so for those of you prepared to “have a go”.
I bought mine from Creation Motorsport for £9.99 on ebay. I think they are out of stock at the moment with a new silly price of £170+. The holes I drilled carefully by using a hand held electric drill. The grub screws are a bit of a luxury, if you don’t want to go that route just press a pin in, fill the open hole ends with araldite or any suitable sealant. The pin doesn't carry any loading its just to stop the pad falling off.

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I used the roll pin from the jack to hold the pad on. Drilled a hole just the right size to hold itself in  There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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I used the roll pin from the jack to hold the pad on. Drilled a hole just the right size to hold itself in

Good cheap solution

Just treated myself to one of these pads, having murdered 2 rubbers ones previously

Strider, may I ask, how deep did you drill the 16mm hole?

(awaits smutty replies)

Hi,
I created a 3D solid model of the pad, from that a manufacturing drawing. Below is a pic of a sectioned view showing the depth of approx' 14.5mm (measured using full diameter not the drill tip.

Cheers Strider, my alloy block arrived today so I’ll be drilling it out this week