what jack?

I didn't get a jack with the car, and the chances of sods law coming into play increase the longer I go without.

What one would you suggest? I've no interest in a high lift thingy, nor a trolly one - it has to be in the car at all times (so hopefully fitting behing the front seats). It will only be used for wheel changing - I'll get a cheap trolly for working on it at some point.

I've been checking out a few hydraulic jacks on ebay, but I'm not really sure if they're suitable; what height does the jack have to go to to get a wheel off the ground anyway?


cheers all

Hi lifts are ok but i wouldn't trust one to hold the car up enough to change a wheel but a 4' one fits behind the seats nicely

A cheap trolley - jack is your best bet. There aren't any fancy "lift points" just axles and chassis.

wtf its a deepender they lift off the x-memebr and the front bumper

G-man said:

wtf its a deepender they lift off the x-memebr and the front bumper

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and the side jacking points.

Can you get a disco hydraulic one - i heard they're pretty good and portable too, but don't know much about em!

Nowt wrong with a hi-lift as a get-out-of-jail though

you have to lift the landy a long way if you use the standard jack or high lift jack using the chassis lifting points but if you use a bottle jack or trolley jack you wont have to lift it as high as you wont be letting the suspension drop before the wheel is lifted from the ground.as g man said i wouldnt trust a high lift jack as far as you could thro one

hydraulic bottle jacks are good if you are on level ground, its a good idea to carry a foot long lump of scaff board as a base

3 ton trolly jack, covers most situations.

S'pose what I should have said is....... there are plenty of 'official' jacking points, and a Land Rover part number jack will do this to perfection. Obviously.

However. If you want to lift a Land Rover (or any other car) quickly and effectively, and where the tool weight to usefulness ratio is less than critical, go for the cheap trolley-jack. Been there, dunnit.

yu cud always buy this.

How do you know which places you can put a jack?

go for the bottle jacks which come with the disco and i think the new defenders. 2-stage jobbies with i curved top bit which fits nicely under the axle

Jack anything solid but main points for a bottle one would be under the axles or diffs

them standard defender jack take 4 eva to jack up landrover enough to get wheel off ground when using jackin point on rear x memba nd front bump

So whatever I do I'm better off jacking up the axle rather than a point on the chassis somewhere? Makes sense.

What is the minimum height the jack will have to be extendable too to get the wheel up?

If you're jacking up one end,do you need to put chocks under the wheels incase it slips?

Whenever you're jacking, engage low range first or reverse and diff lock, apply the handbrake firmly and chock the wheels (the ones that aint being lifted).

Cam said:

What is the minimum height the jack will have to be extendable too to get the wheel up?

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Kinda deepends wot vehicle ya got and wot jack ya got

I suggest you go and measure from yer axle casing to the ground and add an inch or two but I suspect it'll be 13 - 14 inches for a deepender if it's anything less yer drivin a car

Go down to your local breakers or scrappy and try a few jacks out.
You should find something - even a simple scissor jack that will lift an axle enough to change a wheel. You might have to make a longer crank but its not rocket science.
I have more than a few jacks and have never paid more than a fiver for any of them. Best one I have looks like a bottle jack but has a screw mech inside so no oil spillage etc. It came off a Nissan Cabstar and can lift 3 tons with very litle effort. It lifts my Landy more than enough to change a wheel.

Just in case anybody is interested.
It stands 8" high and about 6" square at the base.
Cost a couple of quid at a boot sale and has more than earned its keep.

Series screw jack - my dad gave me his when my lift point at the front pulled through. As above, no oil leakage, fits behind the front seats nicely, works well, lifts really high.

Sorted!