Words taken out of my mouth

have gone for one of these

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-04983-Tonne...ottle+jack

also have the BMW / mini adaptor for the jacking point

chaps, where can i get one of these mini / bmw adapter's and do they fit all L322's?

andy

ebay Andy, links are in previous posts.. ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Hi,

Can anyone please advise/ spell out how exactly the top comes of this sprinter bottle jack and how you get the base of the BMW adapter to fair onto the sprinter jack (I've read that someone used a punch to remove the top of the jack and then drilled the adapter to sit on top but want to be sure before I start bashing hacking and making mess?

Confused as I've just punched the jack and all that happened was I nearly broke my knuckles/ skin's come right off!

Please/ thanks...

Last edited by pld118 on 20th Feb 2014 6:11am. Edited 1 time in total

Just tap out the spring clip in the hole in the side of the top blue cradle on the end of the shaft.
You are then left with a 16mm dia top section of jack shaft some 16mm long.
The bmw adapter needs a hole 16mm dia drilled centrally in the bottom of the circular base 16mm deep.
It then fits on the top of the jack shaft.
You then have the choice of leaving the jack adapter loose, drilling the side of the adapter to fit a spring clip or drilling the side of the adapter and fitting an "R" clip.
If you do decide to leave the adapter loose whatever you do do not compress the jack shaft fully into the jack.

Thanks very much... Think I understand all that

or the extra money you get a bottle jack with a flat top, use the adaptor as required, and then you can use the bottle jack for other purposes as well......

But if you fit the adapter with a removable pin and keep the head you removed from the jack in the first place you can refit it at will to use elsewhere.

Where to buy a removable pin please?

Piece of stainless steel rod of suitable dia, 4mm will suffice, bend one end into a finger loop, cut to length and voila, removable pin.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304-Stainless-St...4171cde3d4

SoggyBottoms wrote:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-5-TON-HYDRAULIK-BOTTLE-JACKS-BRAND-NEW-OFF-MERC-SPRINTER-VANS-100-IN-STOCK-/261145375799?pt=UK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment&hash=item3ccd7a3437

pretty sure this is the one I bought

I bought a simple bottle jack with a small round disc on the top and drilled out a circular recess (approx 25mm in diameter) from the base of the aluminium Mini/BMW adaptor so that the disc on the top of the jack sits fits in the recess. If I was really keen, I could drill a hole for a grub screw with a wing nut on it, but does not seem necessary.

I chose a Sealey Yankee 4tonne jack as it met a range of needs and the adaptor I bought from eBay for about £7 plus p&p.

It would never have occurred to me to do this if it had not been for the forum which pointed out that the stock jack is. It suitable and that the adaptors were readily available: as ever, very grateful to forum members for their ingenuity. 2014 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography & 2015 3.0SDV6 HSE Lux Discovery 4
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Original Sprinter pin knocked out easily with a small Allen key and a hammer leaving the jack shaft looking as per the below picture (apols if picture upside down/ iPad).

In order to drill a 16mm diameter hole @ 16mm deep into the base of the BMW adaptor that is also shown in the picture, do you think the drill bit in the below link will do the job please/ thanks?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16MM-HSS-DRILL-B...1c2c78b2bc