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Looking for a bottle style jack
« on: September 16, 2020, 02:45:06 PM »

I want to stop driving around with my hi-lift jack and replace it with a bottle style jack that will fit behind the seats in my SWB station wagon.

I could go to Ebay and buy an old one (however they don't seem to have handles) or buy one from Machine Mart etc.  In this case I am more concerned about functionality than originality - so long as it works and fits behind the seat!
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2020, 02:51:23 PM »

Get one from a disvovery cheap and work well  :tiphat
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2020, 02:53:11 PM »

Try a scrap yard lots of modern 4x4s have a bottle jacks, I got one from an old ahem Shogun. :whistle
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2020, 03:10:20 PM »

As others have said, Discovery 1, RRC, P38A or last of the Defender bottle jacks are good. The red Italian jacks fitted to Disco 1 etc have a U section on top rather than a flat top, but I use one all the time for a quick lift under the spring plate on Series vehicles. Watch out though - many get binned because they are leaking. On Discovery and P38A, they are mounted on their sides and this can cause premature failure. Good ones work a treat for Series vehicles though.
Late Puma Defender has a bottle jack as well. A small tidy black one mounts in the seat box. Far better than that dreadful screw jack system they used to use on Defender. Best means of shattering a headlight I've ever seen...
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2020, 04:38:36 PM »

Agreed, if originality is not key then one from a Discovery 1 is ideal, preferably with a stout bit of plywood to go underneath and spread the load, tucked away somewhere handy on board.

If poking about on ebay or where-ever, a jack with a decent sized plate at the top of the jack will hopefully reduce the chances of it slipping off/out while lifting ? 
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2020, 05:03:26 PM »

Sadly, I think there is a Machine Mart in Bath  :'(

They have a good range of bottle jacks, I've had one for some years and it works well under the Land Rover

Bottle Jack

At least in the shop you can look and examine the range.
Jacks are heavy, even little bottle jacks - so watch the delivery charges.

One of the good thinks about the Land Rover shows was traders like Anchor Supplies had piles of these Discovery/Defender jacks going real cheap. I think I got one for a fiver at the end of the Peterborough show one year.
(I didn't find a HiLift jack much use and I quickly sold it on)

Sadly, Land Rovers shows aren't going to happen for some time yet.


 :jack  These are nice but even less practical than the HiLift to carry on board.

Lets face it - the most you are going to do at the road side is change a wheel.
Any more and it's the big yellow taxi home  :breakdown truck
At home you can go for a decent trolley jack.


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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2020, 05:12:17 PM »

Machine Mart in in Bristol!
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2020, 05:13:45 PM »


Yeah what a shame. Several nice ones on ebay, not much money, all missing their handle. How do they get separated?!!
Maybe people are just selling the jack for £30 and then wanting another £30 for the handle.
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2020, 05:18:37 PM »

I thought Bristol was nightmare to drive in and around, a place to avoid ???

Lack of handle shouldn't be a problem for a Land Rover owner.

A bit of scrap conduit out of a skip. Get a threaded bit with the joint, then your handle will dismantle and take up less space.
Cut a slot in one end with the angle grinder.
Or ... any other bit of tube that will do the job.

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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2020, 05:35:23 PM »

The handles are stored separately in the vehicle which is why they get split...
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2020, 05:38:45 PM »

I thought Bristol was nightmare to drive in and around, a place to avoid ???

Not that bad, and the shop is accessible from Bath ...
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2020, 05:42:15 PM »

My S2 came with the old screw jack, but its too much of a faff, so its left in the garage and used as a backup to the bottle jack. My bottle jack is a draper and I’m happy with it. I carry it with me and i store it under the seat in a surplus Swiss army gas mask bag (off ebay). Its rubberised so doesn’t slide about
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2020, 06:01:25 PM »

^^^^ A suggestion ( Pat applied for by Manxcat) was to actually open the jack up so its "wedged" into an appropriate space rather than floating loose. Easier with a screw jack than a hydraulic job, I suspect. 

In terms of hefty handles rather than silly bits of pipe, I find the handle end of the breaker bar I carry for the wheel nuts works well. the valve plug opened and closed with a stubby adjustable from the tool-kit.   
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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2020, 06:07:05 PM »

Mercedes sprinter Bottle jack is a good upgrade on the stock late defender, Disco and RR P38 jack. Slightly higher capacity, lifts a little higher and has a nice saddle too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/c/2263344806

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Re: Looking for a bottle style jack
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2020, 06:33:32 PM »

A friend of mine was collecting his company's Merc sprinter van from the local dealers after a repair. While waiting for the van to be finished he had a look in the skip outside the workshop and noted about six brand new jacks in there, all still bagged. He asked what the problem with them was and was told that they were all ok. It turned out that they were there because many companies who buy vans insist that the jack and wheel brace are removed when they buy the vans. This is to prevent "untrained" drivers from attempting to change a wheel in the event of a puncture, thus avoiding the possibility of a claim if/when the vehicle fell off the jack injuring the driver etc.

As a result I received six jacks (this was a few years ago and they all have been used up - so don't ask for one!) some of them were two stage ones with a good axle cradle on the top.

Don't know if this still happens but if it does it may well be asking the question at your local van dealers, the worst that you can be told is to "f*** off.....

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