Bottle Jack seals

Stanleysteamer said:

There's supposed to be a bag in the rear doot pocket containing the wrench to take the wheelnuts off, a little pouch containing the locking wheel nut socket (and the stupid, tool that is supposed to take its cover off) two wedges that spin out in ever such a dinky fashion and the jack lever in two pieces.

Maybe it's in the manual?

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Nowt in my rear door pocket but a spare rear number plate, and some sweet wrappers....... I have got the tool for removing the locking caps though...

Now you are assuming that a 20 year old car still has a manual in the glove box.....

tilly2 said:

Nowt in my rear door pocket but a spare rear number plate, and some sweet wrappers....... I have got the tool for removing the locking caps though...

Now you are assuming that a 20 year old car still has a manual in the glove box.....

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Yerp, of the three Disco's I bought two had the full kit and the manual, one even had the spare key.
But one had nuffin except the jack. But at least the roof bars were left on the roof.
One was 7 years old, bought from a garage quite expensive, next was 14 years old had about 5 very careful owners, last one was bought exceedingly cheap never even checked how many owners, and was about 20 yrs old.
Gues which one didn't have the kit?!

Stanleysteamer said:

That's great!
any chance of a slightly longer post telling us how you stripped it down?

and indeed if you do find a source for the O-rings/seals, that would be brill!!!

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I will do you a video if you like it’s very easy

Update guys
Possibly got some seals will do my best to reassemble next couple of days if it works out il put a list of seals I used

TD5 Pilot said:

I will do you a video if you like it’s very easy

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If you put up a video as part of the thread that would be amazing for all of us, and info re new seals would be fantastic too.

TD5 Pilot said:

Update guys
Possibly got some seals will do my best to reassemble next couple of days if it works out il put a list of seals I used

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Any more updates?

Anaconda said:

Any more updates?

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Yes
I have the jack rebuilt and holding oil. Tried on a Defender and lifted it. I went to a seal manufacturer in Dublin called Abbey seals they were very helpful didn’t even charge me must of been below minimum charge. Only problem was I didn’t get a invoice or part numbers. They just measured up the old ones and gave me replacements

could you not ask them for the Part No and tell them its to post on this forum, for more sales

frostythor said:

could you not ask them for the Part No and tell them its to post on this forum, for more sales

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I think they measured them then just wrote now the size and grabbed from stock. I’m away now for a week I have to upload a guide on how to strip the jack down il see if I can get more info on the seals I used. Do you have a seal retailer close to you

TD5 Pilot said:

I think they measured them then just wrote now the size and grabbed from stock. I’m away now for a week I have to upload a guide on how to strip the jack down il see if I can get more info on the seals I used. Do you have a seal retailer close to you

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Even if they just tell you the sizes that would be a big help!

TD5 Pilot said:

I have it all stripped down just need the repair kit. It was working fine only problem was when stroking it under the bonnet it would leak oil out

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Amended seal size: Thanks for posting this image. Just got mine in bits. Like you, after 20 years occasional use, mine is leaking. Suspect the piston-to-cover seal at the top, it's lost its shape. Have ordered 35mm ID x 2.5mm cross section O Ring from Seals R Us on eBay. Did you find a kit or did you buy the parts and if so, what size O rings did you purchase?

Quite like this jack as it does the job and I've not found anything to fit in its intended storage location. At 200mm tall, it's short enough to fit underneath our caravan too.

I took my seals down to a local seal replacement/manufacturer they measured them and gave me replacements but were unable to give me part numbers. I’m to do a video on how to strip it down but been so busy

Rickspark said:

Thanks for posting this image. Just got mine in bits. Like you, after 20 years occasional use, mine is leaking. Suspect the piston-to-cover seal at the top, it's lost its shape. Have ordered 35mm ID x 2mm cross section O Ring from eBay. Did you find a kit or did you buy the parts and if so, what size O rings did you purchase?

Quite like this jack as it does the job and I've not found anything to fit in its intended storage location. At 200mm tall, it's short enough to fit underneath our caravan too.

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They are the preferred jack on the Eriba caravan forum, but most have to carry them separately.
Mine sits under the bonnet on the D1

TD5 Pilot said:

I took my seals down to a local seal replacement/manufacturer they measured them and gave me replacements but were unable to give me part numbers. I’m to do a video on how to strip it down but been so busy

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Any update on the video mate?