Thread: When was the last time you tested your jack?

Yes they are not maintenance free
There was a thread in the projects section about reconditioning the Disco jack.

Please please buy yourself an electric compressor, most flats can be pumped up enough to get yourself somewhere where there's help, like home.

This is a good reason why a mechanical jack like a high-lift or scissor jack is better to carry!

With my Landrover?

Regularly.

Very annoying.

I recently got the jack out of my D2a to change a damaged tire. Same thing. No oil!

I know it has never been used either.

Originally Posted by bee utey

Please please buy yourself an electric compressor, most flats can be pumped up enough to get yourself somewhere where there's help, like home.

I have at least 3 compressors, I just didn't have them or the air lines with me.

I pumped the tyre up to 40 psi (33's so there is plenty of air in there) and drove it home to which takes about 5 - 8 min. When I got home the tyre was well on the way to being flat again. It appears the valve is shot. Wiggle it, just a little bit, and air comes streaming out. Push it in hard against the rim and that tell tale hisssss stops.


Here is the rebuild instruction.

Australian Land Rover Owners

I sympathise. The flat tyre will happen only on the day you left the hose/comp in the shed because you were tidying up. Murphy's law prevails.

I never used it, thanks to the air compressor. But it is tested ok.
Just a question: What kind of oil is necessary to refill it if the case?
Brake fluid type, or hidraulic fluid like steering?

Thanks in advance