What happened to your Discovery 2 today?

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Originally Posted by trout1105

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.

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Falcons as well. Switch the lever to down, flip the handle and down it went. Dokadokadoka.

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Originally Posted by JR1

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

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My son and I once spent around five hours with two cars bogged in evil smelling black mud near Toolangi. He bogged first. Sitting on the pumpkins at both ends. Couldn't tow or snatch him out. I went around the long way to try to unstick his jammed winch, and sank myself. No rocks anywhere. What saved us was my chain saw, which I used to cut rounds out of logs. With a bottle jack could maybe raise one wheel an inch at a time, to put a round under, and then start again with another round under the jack. We both got high lift jacks the next day, and we pulled the useless Warn winch as well.
I won't go out without a high lift. Seriously, they are only dangerous if you are a fool.
Not for wheel change, though. But they aren't meant for that.

These Blokes supposedly know Better [bigwhistle]
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Originally Posted by Brisruss

On my 04 2A I can get both headlight assemblies out but it is tight. The lens (front) has to be at the top and they did come out. There must be slight differences in tolerances.
Cheers,
Russ

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Hmm, maybe if top of bar was leaning forward a bit more I could remove them. Not really much need to remove them so I guess is not really a problem.

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Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

Wait until you do the auto cooler pipes.
Or the FPR.
Or the turbo oil drain gasket.
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Yep, Strangy has warned me about a few things....

ATF cooler pipes and the water pump O ring need doing before too much longer. :(
I should do a pre-emptive strike on the exhaust manifold before it warps too.

I used to whinge about the Tdi but god they're easy to work on.

Re HiLift's, I've had one collapse and another time take off when lowering.
When it let go the handle only just missed my head as it ratcheted down at speed.

I'm use them but have the utmost respect for it.
They're a bit like a chainsaw, very useful but potentially fatal if used a little too casually.

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Originally Posted by rick130

They're a bit like a chainsaw, very useful but potentially fatal if used a little too casually.

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Couldn't agree more, but, again like a chainsaw, when you need one you need one.

Gave him a cut and polish on the weekend. Started raining just I finished, had to admire the water beading running off the bonnet...[emoji97]. The clear coat on the roof is starting to fade[emoji53]

Yep, even V8Ian cant reach the roof of a Disco,,[bigsad]

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Originally Posted by rick130

Re HiLift's, I've had one collapse and another time take off when lowering.
When it let go the handle only just missed my head as it ratcheted down at speed.

I'm use them but have the utmost respect for it.
They're a bit like a chainsaw, very useful but potentially fatal if used a little too casually.

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Last day out i was on a mate rolled the bead off his tyre. He has an F150 with 35s. There was no way in the soft mud a standard jack would work, so out came the highlift, with a bottle jack to just lift the axle once the weight was off it.

Going up was fine but letting it down the hilift jammed. My mate got his head out of the way, tapped it with a hammer then we all watched it proceed to bash itself against his tray as it lowered down, before promptly falling over.

Had it been style side or had he lifted from the side steps, there would have been some nice jack handle imprints in his panels...

Definitely a last resort in my opinion!