chrsgrain
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 03:54 PM |
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hydraulic jack wanted
Having now got the car down off the stands - need a jack to get it back up onto axle stands!
Any suggestions of a sensibly priced one that is low enough to get under a seven?
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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UncleFista
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 03:59 PM |
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I've not found a "locost" one that'll fit under the car, so we drive/push it up onto a brick first  (now that's
"sensibly priced"  )
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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DIY Si
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 04:39 PM |
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Same here. I have to drive mine onto a plank of wood or similar before I can get my trolley jack under it. You can get very low level jacks, but they
tend to be an absolute fortune.
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 05:01 PM |
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Might be worth checking out your local S/H garage equipment dealers for a British made Bradbury jack . Brought mine new in 1976 and still going strong
, the jacks you get these days are made in China or Italy and won't last 5 minutes. If your car is too low to get jack under make a couple of
"ramps" out of 2x4 .
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BenB
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 05:07 PM |
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Bottle jacks are a no-no with a Se7en....
I use a cheap trolley jack and haven't found a problem (but then my ride height is quite high)...
If you can weld why not make a rocker? Its just a bit of sheet metal with a bit of circular tube welded just after the middle and a bit of square
section welded across the other end. You flip it over and put it on the floor- if you make it right it'll sit on the floor with the square
section end held in the air and as you drive up the ramp it'll see-saw around the round section bit, the square section holding it off the
floor. Easy to use (unless you've got a seriously slippery floor, gluing deck tape or wet+dry paper to the circular tube might help) and give
you extra height to get the trolley jack under.....
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blakep82
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 05:48 PM |
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i want to make a quick jack (F1 style) for my truck not sure of the best way though
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neilj37
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 05:56 PM |
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Would one of these be any use. Its low enough to go under my seven.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctj1250a-11-4-tonne-aluminium-trolley-jack/path/trolley-jacks-bottle-jacks-transmission-jacks
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 06:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i want to make a quick jack (F1 style) for my truck not sure of the best way though
ive thought about one of those. Its harder for us as the wheels drop more when we lift, f1 cars wont have as much travel in the suspension. I reckon
1.5" should be enough to make the rubber leave the ground though, im sure it could be done with leverage!
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blakep82
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 06:18 PM |
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you can buy ones that give 10" lift, at a price... £160 or thereabouts...
actually, having seen some pics of some on the internet, they shouldn't e too difficult to weld up
[Edited on 29/7/07 by blakep82]
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bob
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 06:45 PM |
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I have a trick with the regular 2 tonne trolley jack is to remove the front two wheels, this takes about 1/2" off the height of the jack.
I've got a spare jack and i'm thinking of doing this and welding a 3mm plate on the front as a skid, this would save wrecking the garage
floor.
Any thoughts ?
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NeilP
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 07:04 PM |
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Got a cheapo Halfrauds 1.5 ton jack and it wont fit under - I use a long piece of timber as a lever to lift the front 2" and then nudge it under
with my foot...
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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Catpuss
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 09:12 PM |
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Yep I've used the Halfords one no probs. In fact I had to use a piece of timber as a shim between the jack and the chassis.
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scottc
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 09:25 PM |
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With the Porsche I normally position the trolley jack infront of the cross member, then lift the car by hand and nudge the jack forward with my foot.
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Peteff
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 09:57 PM |
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I take the cup thing off my jack and it gets me another 1/2", it's only held on with an R clip and the jack fits under then.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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blakep82
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| posted on 29/7/07 at 09:59 PM |
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how low is the average 7? like, whats the ride height?
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