What do you use on a D2 as a Lift Point when using a high lift Jack?
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What do you use on a D2 as a Lift Point when using a high lift Jack?
Good question. Only place on mine is one of those strap things on the wheel.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
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Personally I think these high lift jacks are dangerous bloody things and I cringe when I see people using them to change a tyre.
I do have one that I bought many Moons ago that I religiously oil and make sure it is still in good working order But I have Never used it in anger.
I use a bottle jack to change wheels and have a winch and recovery mats to get out of bogs if needed [thumbsupbig]
Remove tow ball and insert into space on rear (last resort). Or the bullbar has lift points. I hadn't considered buying one until I spent almost 2 hours using 2 bottle jacks to raise the car and load rocks under the wheels getting out of a bog. Tried snatching and wouldn't budge. Definitely agree. Dangerous. But hopefully I'm cautious....[emoji106]https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/07/605.jpg
A winch would have had you out of that in a heartbeat and maxtracks/treads are also a great option in that sort of situation, Much easier and quicker than carting rocks or logs [thumbsupbig]Quote:
Remove tow ball and insert into space on rear. Or the bullbar has lift points. I hadn't considered buying one until I spent almost 2 hours using 2 bottle jacks to raise the car and load rocks under the wheels getting out of a bog. Tried snatching and wouldn't budge. Definitely agree. Dangerous. But hopefully I'm cautious.
Also logs and rocks buried in the middle of the track can cause all sorts of problems for the next person down the track [bigwhistle]
Wait until you do the auto cooler pipes.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick130
Or the FPR.
Or the turbo oil drain gasket.
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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet
Speaking of the auto cooler pipes, have you or anybody got a good fix for the quick connect pipes, so they don't pop off? Other than ditching the #$#* things altogether, I mean.
They can't be all that dangerous tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Dad had two Cadillacs back in the day. A '74 and an '81.
Both had the same high lift jack type standard jack system.
Basically the same tall stem like a high lift jack, and a J looking hook for hooking into the substantial bumper bars.
Of course the bumper bars in those old tanks were as strong if not stronger than most bullbars, being the lift points for the jacks.
raising the car was easy peasy with the long bar supplied, but I remember lowering it again seemed to take forever, needing the same up/down pumping action, rather than the new fangled twist to release a valve in those luxurious new bottle jacks [biggrin]
I also loved the old Rover P6 similar jack setup, but instead of the pumping up down action, you just turned a handle for the lift/lowering phase. A lot quicker to lower as the weight of the car assisted in a light and quick finger action to reverse the handle direction.
The old Valliant's also had these, They were called "Bumper Jacks".
Same sort of idea that the high lift jacks use But there was a clamp that was designed so that it "Moulded" around the contour of the bumper so that it couldn't slip off.
These were still a dangerous option compared to a hydraulic bottle jack as the car had nothing to stop it moving in the way of gears or brakes when the rear was jacked up and they tended to make the car roll forward which usually resulted in the top of the jack smashing into the boot.