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Another quick one, get under the car with a white paint pen and mark the jack locations, I used some arrows for the sweet spots and a big X near the compressor to ward away the evil doers, makes life easy on those dirty nights, in the mud, the only time it ever goes flat.
Hi Tony, no it can be a real PIA as you have to wind out a lot more wire then you think to enable you to twist the thing with spring on it sideways a bit, then it only just fits through the hole in the wheel. Certainly not a late at night tired easy proposition. I think they figure most people will use roadside assist so who cares if it is difficult?
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Originally Posted by Fatso
I don't have one on my D3 as the long range tank is now there, but I have the Toyota version on our camper trailer and it sounds the same, I lower the spare onto the wheel levellers ( V shape bits of wood ) and its heaps easier as mentioned above.
Cheers Ean
With reference to using the jack, see this thread in particular the last post made this morning.
DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - Standard OEM Jack Failure
Garry
Well Gary , lets hope our jacks are not made in Brazil.
Regardless of place of manufacture, it sounds like a good idea to replace the OEM
jack with something a little (safer) better.
Cheers
Tony
It's interesting to look at the photos and see how dry the screw looks.
I applied a very good quality grease to mine from day one and I had no issues in the 4.5 years I had the car, which included multiple wheel changes.
Anybody that has done metal work, or seen engineering workshops will attest to the effectiveness of just a bit of lube .... the lack there of can cause huge issues.
My jack was pretty well greased from delivery but I constantly cleaned and reapplied after each use.
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Originally Posted by Celtoid
Spot On !!!!!!
These jacks have record of failure around the world in L322/D3/D4 and RRS models. I guess it will take a death before the authorities will force Landrover to do a safety recall on these things.
If I do have to use these jacks, even when changing a wheel, I also have additional safety supports of some kind in case the worst happens.
Garry
Hi There,
I have one of the electric drills with a socket on the end, for me makes the winding up and down easier, tend to travel with that and a Ryobi impact wrench all the time JIC. Since changing from the Coopers the battery doesn't need charging as much................:)
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Originally Posted by garrycol
I have also read a lot of reports of these jacks failing but I suppose the question is , has yours failed on you . I have used mine quit a few times to change wheels over and have not incurred any problems , but I also take precautions as you do . Its a bit like the tow bar failure reports , if the things are put in properly and maintained I can not see how they just fall out , I read and take not of these reports but also are aware of the failures that people make themselves and then blame the tools .