Aaron,
Head to a scrap yard and claim a Honda jack for your MG. they collapse
down where you can get the base under a front pan or under the rear
spring mount if you had a flat tire. Also works fine at the jacking
point if you angle the base a bit.
Cheers,
dave Houser
Aaron Whiteman wrote:
> 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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