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by steve patrol Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:54 pm
Just wondering how much people are paying for a B A bottle jack.
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by steve patrol Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:59 pm
And where from...
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by GRPABT1 Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:15 pm
Why do you need a bottle jack to reach the body? They are designed to be used under the diffs.
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by steve patrol Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:29 pm
Body lift...
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by chikoroll_ Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:33 pm
big lump of wood?
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by steve patrol Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:20 pm
The jack I have...
at full extension needs another 250mm to touch the body let alone get it up another 50mm+ to fit the pucks.
hence why i want to know how much a Big Arse Jack will set me back and where to get them from...
cheers
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by +dj_hansen+ Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:19 pm
Use a high lift?
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by hudson44 Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:40 pm
+dj_hansen+ wrote: Use a high lift?
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by Surfin Alec Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:44 pm
Use the bottle jack on top of the tyres with a piece of wood on top to suit.
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by GUEEY Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:49 pm
+dj_hansen+ wrote: Use a high lift?
No good for body lifts!
borrow a trolley jack, someone you know must have one, then put a block of timber between the jack and the sill and just jack up the body once your bolts are undone.
Even 2 or 3 short lengths of framing pine (4x2) nailed together is fine.
Easy job!
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by dklyne454 Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:50 pm
Or find something solid like a block of wood to sit the jack on, (Don't use a car battery)
Or do like i did, and jack up a second jack. Easy, just wind one jack all the way up, put one under it and jack away VIOLA.
(PS. I dont actually recommend that method)
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by BOGAN V8 Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:28 pm
Or the other way is to find a mate who is a mechanic and has a 2 poster hoist and swing his boss a carton or 2 and do it in half a day easy as...
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by macca81 Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:50 pm
Surfin Alec wrote: Use the bottle jack on top of the tyres with a piece of wood on top to suit.
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or a trolleyjack on a lump of wood
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by mule75 Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:54 pm
block and tackle?!!
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by connell Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:12 am
I used a bottle jack to do my body lift, i just stacked the jack up with an old stump.
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by LFONZ Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:57 am
just lift each corner at a time, a mate and myself didn't use a jack at all.
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by steve patrol Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:00 pm
Sorry lads... I ment trolly jack
But yeh i should be able to borrow a mates.
How much are the b a trolly jacks anyway?
Ps. cant use a hi lift for the tounges to small and I dont know how to use it...
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by coxy321 Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:06 pm
I used a tiny trolley jack and a length of 4"x4" timber (old house stump i think). We also used a piece of 2"x4" pine after some idiot threw the 4x4 in the fire halfway through the job.
Remember - the body doesn't weigh that much if you do it corner by corner (unless your doing a 6" body lift of course
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by brentz Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:12 pm
that explains it all then
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by ozy1 Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:09 am
when i did a body lift on an MQ, we placed the jack ontop of the tires with a bit of wood ontop, and lifted inside the wheel arches, worked a treat on a shorty MQ
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