Defender Jack

[cheese3]

Hi all, got an issue with my Defender Jack. I just tried it out prior to a trip to make sure it worked, however it failed. It wont pump up ! I have checked to make sure the screw that allows the pump to deflate is tightened fully but still no good. I suspect that it may have bled oil at some stage, as I am not the original owner I dont know for sure if it has leaked oil at some point. I can pull the first length of the ram part out by hand but no matter how long I pump it the rest of the ram sections wont come out of the bottle part.
Its an original Land Rover Defender Jack made by a Italian company Cogar (or something similar). Its the orangy/brown color.
The pump has a rubber grommet on the side that may be a oil fill hole ?
Anyone had any experience with this type of Jack ? Its in a LR Defender 130 Tdi 1997 :p

[87County]

Hi all, got an issue with my Defender Jack. I just tried it out prior to a trip to make sure it worked, however it failed. It wont pump up ! I have checked to make sure the screw that allows the pump to deflate is tightened fully but still no good. I suspect that it may have bled oil at some stage, as I am not the original owner I dont know for sure if it has leaked oil at some point. I can pull the first length of the ram part out by hand but no matter how long I pump it the rest of the ram sections wont come out of the bottle part.
Its an original Land Rover Defender Jack made by a Italian company Cogar (or something similar). Its the orangy/brown color.
The pump has a rubber grommet on the side that may be a oil fill hole ?
Anyone had any experience with this type of Jack ? Its in a LR Defender 130 Tdi 1997 :p

There is a tutorial on how to repair the "red rover" by Blacknight Dave in the technical section of this site. You can download the illustrated .pdf file therein.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-tutorials/31260-rebuilding-red-rover-jack-contains-1-2mb-offsite-images.html


However, if it has been stored on its side there's a chance that it's not working just because the fluid has leaked out - in the first instance remove the filler plug or screw and fill it with a suitable oil (I used ATF) as per the afore-mentioned .pdf file.