Joe,
The bottle jacks work just fine. The objection to them is that you have
to raise the car first to get them underneath. Yeah, yeah, the Austin
Healey 3000 jack won't fit under it when it has a flat rear tire, but
those are/were "factory kit cars" anyway. (Bob Wanta gets credit for
that observation)
A small scissors jack is only about 3inches high when compressed, so
you can slide it under the MGB that has a flat tire without calling for
assistance.
You should be able to find one in an auto parts store easily, or in a
salvage yard.
Bob
On Wed, 11 Mar 98 20:52:33 -0800 Joseph Cianciotti <jmc987@earthlink.net>
writes:
>With all the horror stories about the jacks, I've decided to replace
>mine. I've heard a lot about scissor jacks. But what about those
>hydraulic "bottle" jacks? It would take up less space in the truck.
>And
>if a scissor jack is better, is that something you can pick up in an
>auto
>parts store?
>
>Joseph
>67 B Roadster
>
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