Gentlemen,
Just out of interest, I was wondering what type of 'Jack' most of you carry in your cobra's boot, or do you prefer an airosol to save space.
Allan
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Re: Jacks
Hi Allan,
No jack or spare for me. Although I do carry 2 cans of Holts Tyreweld on longer journeys.
Paul
No jack or spare for me. Although I do carry 2 cans of Holts Tyreweld on longer journeys.
Paul
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Jacks are not only for punctures! I carry a scissor type from Halfords http://www.halfords.com/workshop-tools/ ... ck-1-5-ton It has helped me out on a couple of occasions.
Cheers, Clive.
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Scissor jack here as they fit under the car when the tyre is flat.
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Also scissor type, especially after being thick enough to carry a small bottle jack that wouldn't fit when the one and only puncture I had left me stranded. A couple of bricks kicked under a length of fence rail found at the side of the road and used as a lever gave me just enough clearance to get bottle Jack under. Interesting doing it alone and not to be recommended.
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I used to carry a scissor jack but when a driveshaft retaining nut came loose in Italy I discovered it would not lift the car and started to bend. I now carry the correct jack designed to fit under a Cobra chassis, a Shelley screw-thread bottle jack which has a curved saddle to fit around the chassis tubes.
I miss my SIII Landie - just used to crawl underneath and work
I miss my SIII Landie - just used to crawl underneath and work
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I am in the scissor jack club. Have carried it around for nearly 30 years and used it for 4 punctures, to replace the old exhaust system which got pulled off twice (a long time ago) on the channel tunnel train and to lend to a few people as recently as September last year.
David
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