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Ttwo

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Hmmmm
 

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Standard Defender jack goes in the jacking points on the front chassis members, or on the rear crossmember.
Not into the outrigger.

I thought the bottle jack was the std Defender jack.....at least that is what is in mine....o_O, of course it may not be std , not much of the thing is anyway.

Cheers
 
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I thought the bottle jack was the std Defender jack.....at least that is what is in mine....o_O, of course it may not be std , not much of the thing is anyway.

Cheers

Standard jack is one of those things with a screw thread wot he posted. Most use a bottle jack, it is easier.
 
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I didn't know what I was doing lol the guy I got it from when I called to ask he said yeah it goes in the side...it slips in the tube hahaha the thing is he's done it there before Good job I didn't carry one then ay haha
 
I didn't know what I was doing lol the guy I got it from when I called to ask he said yeah it goes in the side...it slips in the tube hahaha the thing is he's done it there before Good job I didn't carry one then ay haha

There will be two holes in the end of the front chassis legs, there may be rubber plugs in them. And two holes in the rear crossmember.
Those are the holes that the jack goes in.
Personally, I would get a bottle jack. Old one out of a scrap Disco 2 works well.
 
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I think the term was cringe......LOL..

Never seen the point of lifting the chassis to change a tyre , much easier to lift the axle.

Cheers

Another thing is that the amount of strain you put on the crossmember to lift it enough to get a tyre off the ground can damage what might be a servicable crossmember that has just a little tinworm.
 
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I would also not use a bottle jack day to day. I carry one for emergency tyre changes in the vehicle, and it is very useful for spreading the chassis to remove the gearbox crossmember but if I am working on it for planned maintenance I much prefer a trolley jack. It is more stable, and also useful as you can move what every you are supporting once it has been released eg transfer box.
 

Hmmm indeed.

I am fairly certain a lot of outriggers would soon part company from the rest of the chassis if you attempted that on some of the Defenders out there.

It is there to give the seat belt mount something solid to bolt to.
 
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