Jack

[horrace]

hi i have a spare wheel but no jack, anyone know where the jack should be situated in a pick up and what it goes in? (i.e bag/ box) i dont have one but would like to get one

[bmcecosse]

Any 'jack' would be for show use only - arm yourself with a small trolley jack for any actual jacking -up operations !

[horrace]

i wanted one for when i have a flat tyre, in the middle of no where.a trolley jack might be a bit big to hump around in my small cab! i have trolley jacks in the garage.

[MarkyB]

A good quality scissor jack is a good compromise.
I picked up an *onda one for 50p at a local boot fair.

[Pikey]

I believe pickups originally had small screw jacks that were mounted in carry bags and were strapped to the back of the B post in the Cab.

I have bought a small screw jack and the two part handle and I simply have it in a plastic carrier bag under my passender seat.

I have got the original orange coloured drivers hand book and pickups jacking points are on the leaf spring adjacent to the shockers and at the front you put the jack under the front suspension arm. GPO and PO vans had little bolt on jacking plates to stop the jack slipping off, Ive got a pair on mine.

Steve

[aupickup]

van and pick ups did indeed have a screw jack, lake or shelley were the makes
no problem in using them on a van or pick up, and not just for shows

[les]

They are quite a nice item if you like original, unfortunately the handles are missing on mine!

[mike.perry]

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GPO van front suspension jacking bracket

[Pikey]

The GPO jacking bracket in my opinion is essential bit of kit, for the safe jacking up of the car if using a screw jack as the suspension arm is normally at a slight angle at rest, and would have meant possible/or probable slipping off of the jack.

Saying that, screw jacks are normally pretty wobbly things at the best of times and Id recommend a trolley jack under the chassis, thats what I use when I jack the car up in the garage, the screw jack is just for emergency road use and touch wood I havent has to use it yet.

regard

Steve B

[horrace]

i need the jack for emergency purposes, and proper trolley jacks for the garage. i managed to find a shelley one today at the local festival of transport, it had a long handle witha wooden bar in the end, is this what its sposed to be?

[Pikey]

Thats what ive got

[horrace]

my handles pretty long did it go vertically up the b post or behind the seats?

[Nuffles]

I used to use a scissor jack but after too many hairy experiences I've changed to a 2 tonne bottle jack that Dad picked up for a tenner. It's small enough to be strapped into the boot but more than strong enough to effortlessly lift up a minor. For the rear axle I stick it under the leaf spring mount and if I wind the seat up so it's touching the sprint mount then I can lift the tyre off the road with two strokes of the handle. Nice and low and safe. I haven't had a chance to play with different places to jack at the front, but hopefully under the suspension arm as it's only got 4-5 inches of lift on it and the lower I have to lift the car as a whole then the better. This habit comes from the days of driving the Landy where if you jacked under the chassis then jacking a foot or even more into the air to get the tyre off the ground wasn't uncommon because of the long travel suspension. Jacking under the axles (easy with two solid axles) was far safer and easier than under the rear cross member/front dumb-irons with a ladder jack.

[Pikey]

My handle is a two part thing and has a wooden handle (bit of broom stick by the looks) that just goes through the end like a sort of tommy bar. The handles push together with a socket half way down, the two handles are only about 18" long on mine, but you could sling yours behind the seats easily enough.

My 2 part handle is quite a wobbly affair so a one part handle is probably better.

Steve

[MarkyB]

There are some terribly weedy scissor jacks about, built for lightness and cheapness no doubt.
I rejected several on those grounds before getting the current one.

[les]

I recently searched for a decent scissor jack, simply to give me the minimum clearance, I settled for a Sealy 1.5 ton with some sort of German spec, and so far so good. Another source would be from a breakers yard, in car boots, some manufactures supply them as standard equipment so should be pretty sound.