Thread: Defender tyre change / jacking

Thanks for the info Bundalene but I can't view the pics?

Originally Posted by Bundalene

The attached pic is our Hi-lift, with a Landrover lift adapter, a solid piece of bar and a Ubrako bolt (very high grade) We colour co-ordinated ours.



This is where the jack is stowed



The only problem with the jack in this position is that it requires regular cleaning and re-lubricating (the base plate is kept inside, in the rear door pocket with the wheel spanners etc. It is very important not to use these jacks in any position on the vehicle other than the designated jacking points.

We also cary a Disco hydraulic jack and some wood blocks.

As for your tube failures, we went to tubeless tyres when we had our 1999 TD5 Defender.

Erich

Where on the car do you you use the high lift jack and the adapter?
I thought the only jacking points on a stock defender were under the diffs?

there are holes in the rear cross member for lifting hats where the original jack goes

and as you can see on erichs car he has adapted his bullbar and put jacking holes on the front

I like the idea of the hi lift as it doesnt involve getting under the vehicle. If the standard jack wasnt so slow it would be great.

Needless to say that a hi lift jack with landrover adapter and a set of new maxis or BFG's are on the shopping list.

I also have a 97 Disco and wasnt a big fan of the standard bottle jack that came with it, but then again I have only ever had 2 punctures in 6 years and both were from screws.

Never realised how much LR stuff was at Opposite Lock, I never go there because it is attached to our local money hungry Toyota dealer.

we carried both the original jack and the hi lift.....

when we punctured the tyre the original jack came out..I dont like using hi lifts to change wheels there not overly stable, the higher the car goes the more the hilift leans in to the car...and if god forbid you knocked it and the handle walked its self while you were in the way you would be looking at broken bones.

the disco bottle jack is now in the defender as its just easier to use this I feel.

Having exactly the same problem with rapid deflations for 'no reason' with my current tubed Cooper STs.

I /hate/ the LR jack, had one collapse on me once (broken welds) - nearly ripped both my arms off while I was changing a tire on the Mitchell Plateau. I went out and got a HiLift style jack and an adapter.

The thing to be careful with with HiLifts is that they can fall from side to side.. This happened to my 2a.. So make sure you use a chok on all wheels, and engauge difflocks and the handbrake.

If you have a lift you pretty much have to use a bottle jack.

I had a flat in my front right tyre so went to the tyre shop to have it changed.

I thought the tyre guy was having me on saying "all the tubes probably need to be replaced due to their age". I only did the front one.

Well its probably about 4 - 5 months ago and now the rear right has done the same thing, tyre ok but flat. So maybe the tyre bloke was right after all!

Seeing that I have a desert trip in the next four weeks I decided to just get all the tubes replaced. Did a tyre a day for 3 days so I didn't have to leave the truck with him.

I have used used the original jack, hilift jack and also a Range Rover/Discovery bottle jack and the advantage of the Rover bottle jack is the curved foot for fitting under the axle housing and it is by far the quickest and easiest at raising the wheel off the ground. The hilift needs to be used with caution to avoid self injury but has other advantages such as lifting the car out of ditches/ruts or lifting the truck to put materials under the wheels to improve traction. The original jack works but takes far too long especially now that I have a 2" lift.

This may sound like a silly question but where is the original jack kept in the 110 defenders? i cant find mine so im guessing it doesnt have one?