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Harbor Freight has an aluminum floor jack on sale. Does anyone have one? How do you like it and does it go under a Healey. I have two floor jacks that are very heavy and hard to get around the rear mufflers to raise the rear axle. Any feed back?
 
Hey Rich,
I have one and it works OK. It doesn't hold it's height very well so you'll want to put a jack stand under the car (as always). The smaller jacks fit under the car and are lightweight though.
 
tahoe healey said:
Any feed back?
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I don't know what you're looking at, but I have THIS one from HF.

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The lift surface lights up so you can see where it is going to land and not crush anything.

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My Healey's ground clearance is VERY low (3"-4") and it works VERY well with my Healey as well as with my with Miata.

Tim
 
Hey Rich,
I don't have the aluminum low profile but HF's steel low profile that will even slide under the front tie rods when fully lowered. Believe mine is a 2 ton model, cost about $90 but had a coupon so paid about $60+. Been very pleased with it but does weigh a ton. Would imagine be no issue getting under the rear muffler on a BJ8.
Regards,
Mike
 
I have one and it works fine and is really lightweight. I had to take the first on back because it leaked - not the first time I've had to return something to HF but no hassle. Note that their 20% off coupon works with sale items.

Marv J
 
I bought mine to use at auctocrosses. I don;t do that anymore, but I use the jack in the garage and it gets under the Healey fine. Two issues that I have; One, the height is not great. My old Sears Craftsman jack gets several inches higher. Two, the force needed to pump the handle is much greater. At first, you think you must have topped out already. Then you realize you really have to lean on it.

On the good side, it has a high volume cylinder, so the car reaches full height with fewer pumps and the jack is very light.
 
I bought one a few years ago and took it back because I could not control the downward movement (read crash-boom). I was hoping to hear better of it now. I have a Craftsman and it has the light but it is hard to pump and is very heavy.
 
FWIW HF has several aluminum jacks with different capacities and prices. Don't know how to determine which are good and which are better/worse but I have one from them that has lasted 10 years + and works well.
 
I have one of them also. I think the lower rated one. It works great on level ground. When on a slant, you can see the aluminum sides are under stress. The pad is also smaller than my other jack, and I have had the car slip off the pad but that could be my poor placement. For the money, they are a good deal and lightweight to carry. One of our club members carries one in his MGTD and it was much easier to use his than my sissor jack.

I also have a heavy duty steel model that is low enough to go under our Healeys, but too heavy to carry around much.

Jerry
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I have two of them. The first was the standard 1.5 ton lightweight aluminum racing jack. I think it cost about $40 and was happy with it except the pumps it took to get to where I need to get under the XJS. It's a long way under the car and it means I can only do partial pumps until it come in contact with the jacking points. Then it does fine but doesn't raise the car very much. I recently bought their 'rapid pump' model for about $60, that helps out a lot. I also have a 2 ton walker that weighs too much to do much with. Just dragging it around the driveway is painful so I go to the HF first. So far no leaks or failures of any kind so I give them two thumbs up. I need to make up some plates that will fit the jacking points because the jacking points punch through the rubber pads they come with and stick to the bottom of the car. I may just turn a piece of oak with a hole in the center to fit the jacking point.
 
On a similar subject. The car is so low when you do get a flat tyre. On the one occasion it happened to me I had a trolley jack in the trunk but couldn't get it to go low enough to get the car lifted. I'm thinking of ditching the spare and carrying two or three of the tyre inflator/sealer cans instead. No need to crawl on the road possibly in the wet and big advantage also is plenty of room in the trunk. Have any of you tried that and what do you think?
Ian
 
A scissors jack is the lowest in height jack made and they take up very little space in the trunk. My car trailer has under slung axles and if I get a flat, the scissors jack is the only thing I can get under the spring hanger. PJ
 
A scissors jack is the lowest in height jack made and they take up very little space in the trunk. My car trailer has under slung axles and if I get a flat, the scissors jack is the only thing I can get under the spring hanger. PJ
 
IanIrving said:
On a similar subject. The car is so low when you do get a flat tyre. On the one occasion it happened to me I had a trolley jack in the trunk but couldn't get it to go low enough to get the car lifted. I'm thinking of ditching the spare and carrying two or three of the tyre inflator/sealer cans instead. No need to crawl on the road possibly in the wet and big advantage also is plenty of room in the trunk. Have any of you tried that and what do you think?
Ian
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I've kept a one foot piece of 2x4 in the trunk in all my cars. You just roll the rim up on it and usually that gives you enough space to get the jack underneath. My grandfather taught me that, never forgot it, and have used it on more than one occasion including this spring for my Healey.
 
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I've kept a one foot piece of 2x4 in the trunk in all my cars. You just roll the rim up on it and usually that gives you enough space to get the jack underneath. My grandfather taught me that, never forgot it, and have used it on more than one occasion including this spring for my Healey. [/quote]

That's a great idea. I think I'll make up and keep a 4 x 4 with the ends wedged for that purpose in the XJS. That is, as soon as I finish working on it in the driveway and put the original scissors jack back in the car. Other than that I'll let AAA have at it.
 
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