Hi Guys,

Silly question - where do I put my trolley jack so I can raise it hight enough to get the front wheel off..?

Tried the normal jacking point behind the wheel but can't get it high enough to raise the wheel off the ground?



Thanks Ash
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2016 SDV8 AB

I have a block of wood I use with mine - not ideal, but I don't really want to buy a special high liftt trolley jack.

Buy the Mercedes Sprinter hydraulic jack, plenty of stroke to get the wheels up  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Put it under the front wishbone...

Or put the car in off road height and use a large block of wood under the whole jack, safer that way

Don't forget to leave a door open so the FF doesn't try to self level when you have it jacked up.... Pete

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2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
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^ plus 1 on the location of the jacks under the wishbones, use to do that on my 2006 SC with the normal trolley jack until I got the Sprinter bottle jack for flat tyres (happened twice in Nigeria).

In other words, Sprinter jack for travelling needs, trolley jack at home (I have a 5 tonnes here as well). MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

After reading this thread I tried to jack up my car via the wishbone. I lifted the car ok but the small trolley jack was just lifting off the ground on one side due to the angle of the wishbone. A bit of further reading and I came across using an Ice hockey Puck between the jack and car as acts a bit like a bearing. I picked one up via ebay and can only say its a brilliant suggestion. 2007 TDV8 VSE
2003 TD6 gone.
2002 P38a gone
1999 P38a gone
1997 p38a gone
1993 VSE gone
1992 VSE gone
1966 Series 2a with V8 conversion gone

^ Like the idea of an ice hockey puck

They don't give you much - a couple of cm - but the material is good

I used to use one before I bought one of these

My kids play ice hockey so there's always a few pucks knocking around the house....

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and no ugly kid windows.
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wayneg wrote:

but the small trolley jack was just lifting off the ground on one side due to the angle of the wishbone.

You should really get a bigger jack then, if it's tilting it's not up to the job...

better safe than sorry  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

My two tonnes trolley jack, underneath the shock mounting point got the wheel well of the ground. But like Pete says, if the jack is doing funny things like tilting, something is wrong !!!! Wouldn't wanna think that it falls of while you are working on it, not even if you are not under it !!! MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

I bought two of the same adapters as Alistair. Work like a charm with the Sprinter and trolley jacks MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

You can whip off the plastic under tray and there is a flat section on the front cross member which is an approved jacking point.

There is also the same on the rear, but it's a &*@:"t because the exhaust pipes are in the way. For the front though it's pretty easy and gives bags of lift.

As echoed above I think if your jack is tilting, there is an issue that would give me the heebies about using it!

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I've got a couple of those small trolley jacks. They're ok for a normal car, but they're working at the very limit of their capacity on a range rover. They're handy for positioning heavy items though.

I bought a Weber trolley jack, http://www.pteonline.co.uk/shop/weber-stan...%29%7C250/ It's a dream to use compared to those cheap ones.

For a Range Rover you're far better off with one of those cheap 3 tonne jacks that everyone sells, but if you're buying a new jack for a 4x4 you may as well get a high lift one.