- 1. jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "healeymanjim@joimail.com" <healeymanjim@joimail.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:47:39 -0800
- i learned the hard way that if you are going to use a scissors jack, get one that goes low enough to get under the suspension with a flat tire, and get one that you can adapt a long handle (about 4 f
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00416.html (7,610 bytes)
- 2. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Richard Bittmann" <edmyed@harbornet.com>
- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:18:26 -0800
- When I got my BJ7 in 1976 it came with a great sissors jack with a 48" cranking jack handle that folds in half. The jack has two sprockets - one low geared and one high geared. Low gear for heavy lif
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00418.html (8,248 bytes)
- 3. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: SJNNOCK@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:48:20 EST
- We have a sissor jack that will fit under a Healey with a flat tyre , it is not the type you have but it does a good job , if any body would like info . about this jack send me your US postal address
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00419.html (8,188 bytes)
- 4. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:23:57 -0500
- Maybe I'm doing it all wrong, but I carry a small 2T hydraulic jack with me and if I need to change a flat tire I place it under the far outside section of the rear cross member. Easy in, easy up--ea
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00420.html (9,129 bytes)
- 5. RE: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:48:03 -0800
- I bought this one at Sears back in the '70s, Richard. I quit using it because the chain between the sprockets broke, and now it will only work on high gear. Steve Byers HBJ8L/36666 BJ8 Registry Havel
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00421.html (8,203 bytes)
- 6. RE: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:24:24 -0800
- Being a man of means - by NO means - but getting older and not relishing the task of cranking a jack handle on the side of the road (especially in 100 + degree weather), I bought a two ton electric j
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00428.html (8,403 bytes)
- 7. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:36:57 EST
- Which brings up an interesting question for those contempating the purchase of a jack: What is the distance from the ground to the bottom of the rear spring when a rear tire is completely flat? -- An
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00430.html (8,114 bytes)
- 8. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Eureka Saws Co, Inc." <ambritts@ptdprolog.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:49:13 -0500
- Been following these threads on getting a jack under a car with a flat tire. My experience when working on any LBC is when you jack the front of the car the rear comes up off the ground anyway. Anyon
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00431.html (8,696 bytes)
- 9. jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "rjh" <rjh@hockertlaw.us>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:09:40 -0600
- A scissors jack from a 1990, or so, Jaguar XJS is a good choice for a jack. Easy to find on ebay at a reasonable price, will collapse into a small package, is true to the British tradition and comes
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00432.html (7,447 bytes)
- 10. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:23:18 +0800
- On the BJ8 you need a jack so that you can take off the rear wheel, access the fuel pump, and whack it to holy hell with the thor. I know all other healeys you don't need to jack up the car to get a
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00433.html (8,816 bytes)
- 11. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: SJNNOCK@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:09:35 EST
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- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00435.html (7,159 bytes)
- 12. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: SJNNOCK@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:18:39 EST
- Len Hartnet .... 1957 l got my own BN4 .. then l got a puncture , no problem , but the OEM jack would not fit under the car ... the rocks on the side of the road are all small , so l had to go out in
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00436.html (7,451 bytes)
- 13. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 08:45:17 -0500
- Well I guess the "rear" in front of the rear tires lifts up a bit, but wouldn't think the very rear of the car could. tire. car problem? to wife's
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00439.html (9,417 bytes)
- 14. Re: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:41:16 -0600
- If you jack it up high enough yes for me the other end comes up too, I think it has to do with the limited suspension travel, if you jack up the right front for instance in order for the three wheels
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00442.html (7,616 bytes)
- 15. RE: jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:33:21 -0800
- I use a scissors jack that came from an '80s-era Chrysler K-car. It gets down low enough that I can even get a piece of 2x4 between the jack and the frame or suspension points to spread out the load.
- /html/healeys/2006-11/msg00472.html (8,712 bytes)
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