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willy
 Post subject: Doors
PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 9:03 pm 
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Couldnt be assed to find the original post but.

Why do the doors need to be open when the car is jacked up :?: :?
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UM do they!!!

ok whoops!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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"c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now touch me baby...."

oh sorry, wrong Doors..... :lol:
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I would assume you mean using an original jack - the reason you open the door is otherwise the jack scratches all the paint off! At least I think that is the reason, looking at the design of the original jack. Heard of a poor bloke doing it to his recently restored MGB :cry:
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Aw fiddle sticks. Yeah makes sense now.
Heart goes out to the MGB owner.

Doors :roll: lol what a comedian!
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:wink: cant get the song out of my head now.....aaaagggghhhhhh!!!
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wgormly wrote:
Couldnt be assed to find the original post but.

Why do the doors need to be open when the car is jacked up :?: :?

It's in this post..
http://ausmini.tziworld.com/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0

If doors aren't open, you can't swing the wheelbrace around to wind ze jack...

Also the jack should be set with the foot in a bit, so it swings to nearly vertical when wound right up. :wink:

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god damn, dont waste your time - go out and buy a REAL jack and throw that piece of crap jack in the bin!!!

I'm trying to work out how to make a Formula One style jack for my cars.... no pumping OR winding, just push down on the handle ONCE....

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Yea JAM "what was that promise that you made, why wont you tell me what you said?"
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supercharged 850 wrote:
god damn, dont waste your time - go out and buy a REAL jack and throw that piece of crap jack in the bin!!!

I'm trying to work out how to make a Formula One style jack for my cars.... no pumping OR winding, just push down on the handle ONCE....


If you just got a flat out in the boondocks and need to fit the spare, at least the stock jack will go in there and lift it up off the deck, regardless of how low the car is. For home use though, any jack will beat it. 8)

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Mike wrote:
Yea JAM "what was that promise that you made, why wont you tell me what you said?"


Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

I just got it out of my head........I couldn't sleep with the damn Doors playing in my head.......
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Yeah trolley jacks and fancy $1000 jacks don't mean crap if it can't fit under the car! my front was low befre, but now it is so low I can't fit anything under there. I need to jack it up from the front steady rod thingy with a normal jack first before being able to put the trolley jack under.

I don't fancy carrying the 10kg trolley jack around everywhere so any jack will do in case of a flat, even a crappy 36yr old one :wink:

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Boondocks? You mean Queanbeyan, right? :lol:

68Delux - I always have that problem with my hydro. But remember, it's a hydro! If you lift the car up yourself first, it doesn't settle as low to the ground and you can fit the jack under.

When I do an oil change, I jack the front of the car up then let it down, only then will my oil tray fit under the sump!
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Nope tried that, still too low! :( i need a second jack to get my trolley under there...

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Mini vans have a kind of scissor type jack from the factory. The hole for a sedan post-type jack (in the sills) is blocked off on a van.

Incidentally the Mini van jack is the SAME as a Jag E-TYPE! Classy! :D

Go to the wreckers and get a cheap scissor jack from any old car. Weld a plate on the top to spread the load a bit if needed. But only use it on the subframes, never on the floor!

Most scissor jacks will wind down to 2" flat. If you Mini is too low to fit one of these under it, you have problems.... 8)

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