Aaron, many of us carry scissor type jacks. I don't even know where the one
I have came from, I just found it in the garage one day. I welded a nut
onto the end so that I could crank it up and down with a ratchet wrench and
a 9/16 socket.
I, also, do not carry a spare. I carry a can of fix a flat and a plug kit.
The fix a flat is a leftover from when I did carry a spare. If you get a
puncture the fix a flat won't usually seal it, it does good on bead and
valve stem leaks but that is about it. In reality the plug kit is all you
usually need. I carry the jack because I get the best results when I can
pull the wheel off the car to plug it in clear view.
James Nazarian
71 MGBGT V8
71 MGB Tourer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Aaron Whiteman
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:24 AM
To: MG Mailing List
Subject: viable replacement for stock jack
Spring has finally sprung on the Palouse, and while the college kids
are off on break, I decided it was time to put the winter tires away.
Actually doing so was a comedy of errors culminating in one broken MG
jack.
Moss wants $150 for a new one. I don't care *that* much for
originality, are there good (yet cheaper) jack solutions out there that
will actually work?
It may be moot anyway, since I am thinking about just dropping my spare
and getting those fix-a-flat type cans instead. If I do this, I will
have a catastrophic failure within 2 weeks, at the worst possible
moment.
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Aaron Whiteman -- http://www.wsu.edu/~aaronpw/MG/
'75 B (red for now), HIF4 carbs
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