Land Rover std jack

Anyone used it? Any good never had one but am on the hunt for Andys defender jack if someone wants to get rid of one

I've got one and they're cack, definately emergency only but I've also got a discovery bottle jack and they are far better

Fair enough I have a disco bottle jack, the highliftbis usually for offroad but quite fancied one of the std jacks. I think if it had a handle and gearbox would be a lot better than a ratchet

They are 100% the worst jack I've ever used. I may have one in my garage..... I'll check it out later. The bottle jacks are way better.

Lucifus if you find it and want I sell or swap for landy bits let me know.
I fancy modifying one to make tyre changes easyer as I'm doing it every other week nearly.

I like mine, much safer than a bottle jack.

Not sure what you are talking about jai. Surely the standard jack is the bottle jack

No the bottle jack is a later addition from Disco's. The old original is basically a massive threaded bar with a metal base and a tube which slots into the holes in the rear crossmember or the front dumb irons. They are really stable, but take an absolute age to use. That's if the jacking holes are still perfectly round and not covered in rust and chassis paint. If they are then it's a pain to get the bar in.
It's also hinged the wrong way in my opinion. The jacking bar hinges down instead of up which I've always found odd.

This contraption..

2001-2006 LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 TD5 JACK, JACK RATCHET, MUD FOOT, WHEEL BRACE | eBay

Can't say I'm a massive fan of them and painfully slow to get up in the air. Would rather use the trolley jack if at home, or bottle jack if out and about.
Know I've got a few jacks in the shed, but lacking bases for them, got one I think. Not that I use them anyhow.

I have given up with the high lift jack. the Defender has fallen off it too many times plus I have lost loads of paint and bent panels thanks to the jack. Have gone with a hydraulic jack. Much safer, and takes up less space.

mikescuba said:

I have given up with the high lift jack. the Defender has fallen off it too many times plus I have lost loads of paint and bent panels thanks to the jack. Have gone with a hydraulic jack. Much safer, and takes up less space.

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Highlift can be a pain but never had an issue usually they are used for moving a vehicle pushing it out of ruts or a hand winch etc. They are cumbersome and a handful but a bottle jack is easier.

I believe I can modify a std jack to be pretty quick the ratchet on a square drive was a poor idea but it does work.

I have the high lift Jack in my 97 but it seems like the original since the clips for it behind the seats are all original.

From experience working on these types of jacks I have bad memories. 30 years ago my dad and I were working on our Hillman Hunter station wagon and the car fell on him, on his foot actually and we had to lift it off.

He was not permanently injured but I will never use one again.

I think I will get me an aluminum trolley Jack with truck adapters which I can carry in the Landy. I will have a jack stand on hand too, it's a Landy, enough room to be safe.

Ahh thanks chaps, I had vaguly heard of them. Obviously the main disadvantage as with a Hi Lift is that you also have to lift the whole car until the axle lifts off the ground freeing the wheel you want to replace. I have had more than a few scarey moments over the years with the latter where as the weight on the other wheel is also radically reduced the whole vehicle can pirouet sideways !!

Yes I have always preferred lifting under the axle, first with the old screw bottle jacks on the series motors and laterly with the hydraulic jacks on my D1s and Defender

KillaJoules said:

Ahh thanks chaps, I had vaguly heard of them. Obviously the main disadvantage as with a Hi Lift is that you also have to lift the whole car until the axle lifts off the ground freeing the wheel you want to replace. I have had more than a few scarey moments over the years with the latter where as the weight on the other wheel is also radically reduced the whole vehicle can pirouet sideways !!

Yes I have always preferred lifting under the axle, first with the old screw bottle jacks on the series motors and laterly with the hydraulic jacks on my D1s and Defender

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+1 for the axle lift in normal situations. The high lift is for off road only.

zeaphod said:

+1 for the axle lift in normal situations. The high lift is for off road only.

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You can buy an adapter for hi lifts that makes them more useable in workshop situations it has a peg that fits into the standard jack holes.
And it is possible to use them safely if you have some other kit, wheel chocks, rubber block on the jack, axle stands.

But in most case you are right, much better to use a bottle or trolley jack if you aren't actually bogged down somewhere outside.

I still use the original jack(square and ratchet) when out- because I'm too tight to buy a new hi-lift. It takes forever to lift haha. It does sit neatly behind the seats tho. I use trolley jack when at home.

The 'big threaded bar' jack really doesn't work well on a landy. The trouble is you're lifting the body rather than the wheel- fine on a regular car but on a 4x4 with long-travel suspension you have to lift it stupidly high to change a wheel. On one fitted with wacky dislocating suspension it would be completely pointless

I just carry a hydraulic jack in the back.