Theft / lugnuts, wrench, jack, air compressor

[mlnnc]

How many of you still have the original Rover bottle jack? Loved it, but it crapped out years ago. Tried to disassemble it to rebuild, but no luck.

 

[Jimmy]

x5 on the bottle jack.

And if you happen to get really twisted up, enough that your front spring just falls out, good chance someone in the group has a hi-lift you can borrow.

Didn’t think the front had enough articulation to let +3“ springs free.

I've had this happen with linear 3" lift spring also on the driver's side. I reinstalled the D2 isolator/rubber relocation cone and tower retainers... learned the hard way that they were doing something after all.

And x-whatever at this point on keeping/using the factory bottle jack along with something to go underneath it to raise it up some so you don't run out of travel with taller tires. I carry both the bottle and a Hi Lift... "two is one, and one is none" as some say.

 

[Jimmy]

How many of you still have the original Rover bottle jack? Loved it, but it crapped out years ago. Tried to disassemble it to rebuild, but no luck.

I think my original is still sitting in my garage somewhere and ought to have run dry of fluid from the leak that landed it in the garage. I grabbed a dry one from the junkyard to replace it.

 

[mrbieler]

How many of you still have the original Rover bottle jack? Loved it, but it crapped out years ago. Tried to disassemble it to rebuild, but no luck.

Still have ours from the '97. This thread got me motivated to take it out of the truck, clean it, check the fluid levels, and bleed the air out of it. Tested it jacking up a front tire. Still works well.

 

[peytondisco98]

I concur.

• I just carry a good socket and breaker bar in my Discos. Much easier for busting loose a stuck lug.
• I have a Hi-Lift but rarely carry it unless I'm planning on some more difficult wheeling. I've never used on for jacking to replace a tire. But I have used it when stuck ;-)
• I've found that I actually prefer a 5# CO2 tank. But a compressor is more easily transported between vehicles.

Thanks

 

[peytondisco98]

I am so familiar with such pain...
Sorry to hear about your theft by a shameless and selfish bandit.
Did the theft take place while at home or away? Insurance coverage?

Do you recall what wheel locks you had truck?

Thanks, appreciate it. I need to research the wheel locks. Truck is in the shop and I don't remember off the top of my head.

 

[peytondisco98]

Actually mine is the super flow MV-90. I would definitely buy it again. Lots of great reviews.

Decided to go with this brand. Thx for the rec!

 

[peytondisco98]

x5 on the bottle jack.

And if you happen to get really twisted up, enough that your front spring just falls out, good chance someone in the group has a hi-lift you can borrow.

Didn’t think the front had enough articulation to let +3“ springs free.


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haha awesome!

 

[peytondisco98]

The stock LR bottle jack is awesome. The next best one I've seen is the one on the Mercedes Sprinter vans, but I don't know where you can get one.

I have a hi-lift I've used for recovery, pulling metal/posts/etc, and lifting to pivot off an obstacle. Would never use it to change a tire. The nickname widow maker is legitimate. I do use the hi-lift plastic base under my bottle jack if I'm not on the pavement.

I use a large RV 4-way lug nut wrench. Easy to use with 2 hands. A breaker bar with socket is another good suggestion.

Sorry about the theft. Christmas of 2019, some cunt broke into my car and I lost my bail out bag, jacket, tarp, etc with a lot of goodies I'll never get back.

thanks

 

[Errant]

How many of you still have the original Rover bottle jack? Loved it, but it crapped out years ago. Tried to disassemble it to rebuild, but no luck.

I still have the original on my ‘98. At some I had picked up a spare, and that now resides in the ’11.