Help to identify the real jack for elan

PostPost by: Pistacchio sprint 72 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:10 am

I am lost. The jack company used a similar design for obviously diff?rent car models.
Because people advertise it this Way on baybay.
I see diff?rence of shape in the pad suppose to lift the car. I guess the correct ones are the flat pad and not the One With mettalic shapes sticking out.
Should the ratchet be flat Like the black One or should it be a tube Like on the other pictures.

Thanks for your input, lucky you who still own the oem esuipment.

The quest for originality is ai?t easy!
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PostPost by: alan71 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:14 am

The first picture looks the same as the jack that came with my car, a 71 Elan.
I don't have a photo but this is from the handbook.

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looking at it again some seems to have stuck a bit of wood in the U channel
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PostPost by: oldelanman » Sun Feb 10, 2013 11:52 am

Lots of cars of the period used the same basic design of Metallifacture jack but with different cradles and dimensions to suit the particular application. Here's mine which is the same as the one in Alan's diagram......
Jack 003.jpg and
Jack 004.jpg and


If you are considering buying the one in the first picure - it looks to me as though it may be damaged......
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PostPost by: Peter +2 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:33 pm

Hi,

I am in a similar conundrum, would someone post a picture of the cradle for a plus two.

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PostPost by: pharriso » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:45 pm

Peter +2 wrote:Hi,

I am in a similar conundrum, would someone post a picture of the cradle for a plus two.

Many thanks

Peter


That's the 4th picture (Black one) in Cedrics posting, relatively easy to find...
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PostPost by: pharriso » Sun Feb 10, 2013 12:50 pm

Pistacchio sprint 72 wrote:I am lost. The jack company used a similar design for obviously diff?rent car models.
Because people advertise it this Way on baybay.
I see diff?rence of shape in the pad suppose to lift the car. I guess the correct ones are the flat pad and not the One With mettalic shapes sticking out.

The quest for originality is ai?t easy!


Cedric, you & I need one that looks like this:

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PostPost by: Pistacchio sprint 72 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:11 pm

The jack i used to Take off my wheels in order to install my xas was flat underneath.
Hopefully, because it is flat under my sprint. I do?t need a u shape jack... There is no Channel really underneath to accept this kind of jack.
Weird if you ask me...
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PostPost by: richardcox_lotus » Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:15 pm

There is a channel - under each sill under the doors. For this reason the u-shaped jack version can only be used on either side. It's not suitable under the front crossmember.

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PostPost by: Peter +2 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:49 pm

pharriso wrote:
Peter +2 wrote:Hi,

I am in a similar conundrum, would someone post a picture of the cradle for a plus two.

Many thanks

Peter


That's the 4th picture (Black one) in Cedrics posting, relatively easy to find...


Many thanks,
I now know what to look for.

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PostPost by: Pistacchio sprint 72 » Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:09 pm

Well this little thing seem to be rare in usa at least...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1674-Jaguar-XKE ... 13&vxp=mtr

Geeez!? is gold plated underneath
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PostPost by: pharriso » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:08 pm

Pistacchio sprint 72 wrote:Well this little thing seem to be rare in usa at least...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1674-Jaguar-XKE ... 13&vxp=mtr

Geeez!? is gold plated underneath


You can ask for what you want, doesn't mean that it will sell for that. It doesn'teven have the ratchet handle!
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PostPost by: Pistacchio sprint 72 » Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:02 pm

I asked Clive from Paul Matty and they don't have this jack anymore on the shelf... :|
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PostPost by: vernon.taylor » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:41 pm

Salut

Isn't the +2 jack more like this:

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PostPost by: cal44 » Wed Feb 13, 2013 3:42 pm

Vernon is correct. "That is the Plus 2 jack". Look at the holes on each end of the longs and you will see where the nipple on the jack goes in so the car can be lifted in safety.

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PostPost by: Junks » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:29 am

Yep that's the same post as on my 72 +2 but on a shitty scissor jack, will have to find one as well!
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