just wondering what types you guys use :

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Hmmmmm..... Jennifer Garner

I've got a couple, my best is an MVF? 1900kg from K-Mart.
Its lowered height is same as my small one, but it lifts higher and is more stable.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I have heaps.. bort 4 in one go at a sale at super crap once.. $17 or $19 each.. there 1500 or 1900 kg.. got one in my falcon daily driver.. dads got one.. got one in our car trailor.. and also have a huge 3 tonne one in the shed.. thats handy.. but can be sometimes too heavey to get around.. so i use the smaller ones in that case.

asfar as im concerned.. a jack is a jack.. i never get under a car without axle stands and insurance blocks, all it has to do is lift it up and hold it there for 2 mins

cheers

-Cam

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There's some awful nice lightweight aluminium ones about now, but just a matter of the $$$$$'s you wanna kiss goodbye.

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Bob Slattery
Duffman Says A Lot of Things - OH YEAH!!

Money = time.
Time = time.

Afterall, its only time.

i've got one that can lift a truck.. its nearly impossible to move about, and makes the ones from kmart look like childrens toys..
and all that to lift a mini.

I bought a pack from Supercheaps....

1x trolley jack
2x axle stands
2x wheel chocks
1x mechanics seat on wheels

$70 I think for the lot. Has all worked well so far. No deaths to report.

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

I picked up one of those spiffy aluminium trolley jacks from the markets last sunday, 1500kg capacity 3 year warranty, my 9 y/o step daughter can pick it up & carry it around, plus i haggled & got it $30 cheaper, im now eyeing off some alloy jack stands @ $99 a pair, yummy, i can throw out some of my other 5 trolley jacks now.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

I hear ebays a good source of cheap trolley jacks....

they have some of those superlow nes on there... most of us mini people need one of those... i know i have to physically lift my car up so i can get the jack under the front subframe rod mount

or just drive it onto a block of wood to get an inch more height..(tell me about it )

-Cam

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Not a big fan of the Supercheap ones, but as was said as long as it gets the vehicle up high enough to get it on jack stands.

I got a 2000kg one from trade tools for (from memory) $165. The tin foil ones from supercheap can't compare. But this thing is bloody heavy to lug around. Still, i'll be getting a 2nd one once I have my shed.

Oh, and it's RED too

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Metal to burn, sparks to fly...

I have a small trolley jack that cost me $5 at a swap meet - Went down as fast as you pumped it up. Nothing to loose I pulled it apart and found all the 'o' rings stuffed but had a problem in they were imperial and not metric so it took some time to find replacements. There was one washer/seal that was impossible to find until I got onto an importer/ distributor not far from home that had every one I needed - problem was he sold in cartons When he found out what I was doing he split open some boxes and gave me one of each no charge Works great now only trouble is its missing the little cap thingy on the lifter.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Can we ask how much??

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Bob Slattery
Duffman Says A Lot of Things - OH YEAH!!

same question in regards to axle stands i was thinking of making some , dad has lots of engineer friends and we have a cigweld (not one of those cheap nasty ones, the industrial ones) can weld up to 5mm think steel i think ...

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Hmmmmm..... Jennifer Garner

I have some plans at home for ramps and stands(I think) in a Welding Projects Book. I you need them give a yell and I'll scan and send them to you.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

$320 for the jack from Paddy's markets, stands are from Warana Imports in QLD $99 a pair in red or blue, there no is 1300 765 539. Im not link to this company in any way.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.