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Thanks Leroy,Quote:
Originally Posted by Leroy_Riding
Like many others I've been following your thread very closely because Townsville is my closest LR dealer. I won't be going anywhere them! Hope you get you other vehicle from Mt Isa without any issues.
Cheers,
Danial.
Give them a coat with a spray can of fluoro orange, that way you can find them after they are put down in the dark.Quote:
Originally Posted by LoveB
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Hi,
when you have a spare minute, pop it under the axle and lift the wheel a little.
Give it 10 minutes or so and see if your wheel is still lifted.
Mine slowly self lowers, even with the valve as tight as I can reasonably get it.
cheers
Unlike most I have a dislike for the Land Rover bottle jack, I reckon they are ordinary.
I tried servicing mine, new fluid, etc but ended up pegging it as I had an Armstrong 8 tonne jack that lifted the 130 a lot better.
I did find it only juuuust fits under the axle tube when you have a real flat :o
If 130's came with the older type Lou described as used in 90's and 110's I doubt I'd ever get a wheel off the deck unless I used the Hi Lift, as would anyone with increased suspension travel.
I nearly typed something else about the speed of things going down, but thought better of it :angel:
the rachet one is useless...when we had the anti roll bar knuckle over at the back we jacked the car up using the ratchet, we couldnt get the car jacked up high enough and we also broke the jack while using it....
so that went in the bin pretty quick we carry the hilift and a bottle jack for the puma now
I'm not keen on the standard LR jack either. I have no worries with it if I get a flat while doing jobs around town, but what happens when in the rough stuff. I'm tossing up the pros and cons of an exhaust jack v hi lift.
I know the exhaust jacks are heavy to lug around and to compound that con I will only be lugging it around in travels where I am trying to cut down on weight as much as possible because the car will be loaded up with camping gear. I have never used one but I have heard testimony that they are easy to use and save a bucket load of time to change the flat.
Hi lifts scare the beejeezers out of me. I just don't trust one on anything but a totally dead flat surface. It seems a lot of hard work has to be done in preparation to make it stable and make sure the car doesn't fall down.
Ideas/opinions. I'm happy to have my mind changed on either option.
Cheers,
Danial.
I use the Toyota bottle jack.
Works great.
They come up on eBay fairly regularly.
exhaust jacks have some of the same problems as highlift jacks and they can be punctured. they really come into their own in mud, sand and as a righting aid in some circumstances, they also make excellent float bagsQuote:
Originally Posted by Alra
Highlift jacks are exceptionally versatile if you know how but potentially extraordinarily dangerous
The red rover jack (now the black jack) is a very very versatile little jack and used properly is just as stable as many larger jacks and the cradle head is designed for lifting the axle and preventing the axle from slipping off of the head of the jack (a very good thing)
If I was only allowed to have one jack and the vehicle was prepared for use with that jack I would take the high lift.
If I was only allowed to have one jack and the vehicle was not prepared for use with a specific jack I would take the red rover jack.
Since neither of those conditions apply I'll take the jack thats most applicable to the scenario Im heading for and usually I'll take all 3
The most important thing to have in your box of bits to use a hi-lift is a good quality adapter. The rod type with a proper "shoe" and a secured pin to hold the works in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alra
I never, ever lift the car without the adapter and like winching, its all about good practice/ technique.
Again a very emotive issue, but hi-lifts have their rightful place in 4WD travel. I just have a good chuckle when you see a "checkbook traveller" with all the gear and no clue, including hi-lift jacks and clearly no way of actually using them on their cars...
Cheers,
Lou