Thread: What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

Originally Posted by trout1105

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.

i have funny clutch noise

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

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....

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.

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
Also logs and rocks buried in the middle of the track can cause all sorts of problems for the next person down the track

Originally Posted by rick130

That's putting it mildly.
I used a bit of strong language doing it, it's a fiddly arse job just getting in under the inlet manifold and there are worse things to do on a TD5

Wait until you do the auto cooler pipes.
Or the FPR.
Or the turbo oil drain gasket.

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Wait until you do the auto cooler pipes.
Or the FPR.
Or the turbo oil drain gasket.

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.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Personally I think these high lift jacks are dangerous bloody things and I cringe when I see people using them to change a tyre.
....

They can't be all that dangerous tho.
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

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.