Chip, et al.,
If it's any consolation, all new Morgans come with a black-painted
scissors jack just as you describe with a separate frail crank. The
only other tool I received was a special octagonal socket and tommy
bar for my centre-lock alloys, (not that any other tools would be of the
slightest benefit on a new car with on-board diagnostics!). I carry a
"Leatherman"-type tool, "just in case".
Willie
NAS 4.0 Litre Plus 8
At 07:38 AM 3/14/2000 -0500, Ernest(Chip) Brown wrote:
>Some years ago, when I was enthusiastic about being a new Morgan owner
>but knew even less than I do today (which says a lot...) I went to a
>MSCC meet in England. Melvyn Rutter was there with a van load of stuff.
>I asked him if he had a jack for a Morgan and he pulled out a scissors
>jack in a plastic pack, I bought it for (I recall) about 23 pounds,
>threw it in my luggage and brought it home, thinking I had the genuine
>article. Haven't used it yet, because it was so dam expensive, but since
>then have run into a prior owner of my car who produced the original
>jack, an orange painted job that looks like it slips into the floor and,
>as we say, wouldn't do 'jack'. Now I know where that expression comes
>from. I can't imagine you can improve on any old scissors jack for road
>use. At home I use a floor jack and a 2x5 and jack very judiciously
>amidships only at reinforcement points.
>
>Chip Brown.
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