The jack does work when you need it to:


Height adjustment on the way home MMW a few years, started off with relatively new cones that settled a bit on the journey.
Terry

Not to mention the car is supported by a jack stand which you can clearly see under the sub frame and what looks like a red trolley/floor jack in the background on the other side of the sub frame.

Dan, You are welcome.

Jonathan, reminds me of what i say everyday to myself "if i knew my body would hurt this bad at this time of my life i would have taken much better care of it" but maybe not.  Sure beats the alternative though LOL.

Here is a scan of the original pictures which someone captured the car photo and continues to modify and lie to suit his mood. The original post is archived but remember giving an accurate description of the photos. (Image saved on my laptop)

Reason for edit, photo added.

Damn, I was a pleasant looking chap. Time has not been as kind to me as others. (Treated my body more like a race car and not a Sunday going to church car) Hahahahaha

Okay, maybe not time, maybe more accurate are the HARD miles. Voided my warrantee by age 25.

Dan, best I can do at the moment. Looks like in relation to brake parts on the floor next to the cat the stand is also 8-10" away from the car. I can see both "ears" of that stand, clearly not under the car. But someone will continue to claim to know more than the person (persons) that were present. Bobby also had 3 AC Cobras . (Why I didn't take a picture of them I don't know) 2 big blocks and a 289. Said they were his retirement funds. Or a picture of my blonde/smoking hot girlfriend that went with me. Why I didn't take a picture of her I'll never know......

That is the best kind of scissor jack to have a lot more stable than the crap they sell now.

onetim: Yesss! That's it exactly! (except I didn't get the wheel nut wrench). Thanks for the pic... a picture IS worth a thousand words.

In my current car, I place the scissor jack between the spare tire and the back rim of the boot floor, then expand it just a little to put pressure against the tire. A short bungie cord goes over it to keep it from shaking loose. 

malsal: I am in your debt for relieving the necessity of responding to the person I did NOT agree with. Well done.
What was it Willie_B said near the beginning of the thread about "not knowing jack"?

Nice...thanks for that....I need one
I'm assuming it's to be used on the subframe

This is the jack for a mini van/pick up that Dan mentioned, the stuff you can find on the net! just can't buy one. 

Neal, thank you for the offer, if you can locate a handle, and or ratchet (same as in pic) I would be happy to purchase, just to have the correct stuff in the boot.


While shopping, about 2" collapsed height on a scissors jack should be good? 

I'm sure the commercial vehicles must have come with a jack anyway......just in case a forklift wasn't nearby on the side of the M1...lol
Would love to find one

I'd forgotten about that meme...

Scissor jacks are very good for sealing an exhaust pipe onto a standard exhaust manifold, be it a peashooter or a magic-pipe.

Smear the joint with your sealant of choice (fire cement works well) offer it all up, then use the scissor jack to apply enough upwards pressure to start lifting the car, do up the clamp and steadies and then remove the jack - works a treat every time.

Even with the blurry pic i can see the jack stand under the car to the left of the one SITTING NEXT TO THE CAR. 

WRONG AGAIN !!!!! Special boy.

Keep your replies to your own Special boy thread. 

onetim

Sorry for the derailment of your topic.

Let's get back to it.

Not a big Harbor Freight fan but they do sell an aluminum jack that is small enough to stow in the boot.
It's always a good idea to make sure the battery is properly covered to prevent shorting of metal tools you may carry.   

What's funny Alex is the car in the picture isn't mine, nor the garage or equipment.
I will admit I'm somewhat of a tool snob. To imply I'd ever own such a POS jack stand is insulting.
Brakes weren't good. Wheel cylinders and master were leaking. I wanted rear brakes replaced , he (Bobby Wooldridge the previous owner) agreed to replace the wheel cylinders and master cylinder.

I did some checking and found it to be a fairly rare car.
1969 Authi (built to S specs)
Went back in forth, stuck a deal and then it became my car.
I've noticed in other posts the instigator likes to attack someone, to in his mind bring them down and to elevate himself.
What's sad is he doesn't realize how silly he looks. 

As I mentioned on another thread he too seems smitten with alternative facts. 

I'm sure this won't be the last of this.
I value almost all of your opinions, thanks. Almost........

You really are a troll, aren't you.

Me, I've got seven axle stands at the workshop (and access to six more) and three at home.  Were I to show a photo of a car up in the air with an axle stand next to it, would you assume the car was balanced on just one ?

Remember that SXSMAN is/was a professional mechanic (something you will never be, as you struggle to be a talentless amateur spanner monkey) and probably had more than enough stands kicking about...

How about you exercise your new found prowess with the shaky poor-quality cameraphone and publish a photo of your car up in the air correctly supported on stands - just so you can show us how it should be done.

Somewhere Dan.

In a storage bin that I haven't found or opened from the move.
And yes, there was Dan. 

See? Even DM noticed it and agrees with me. I betya there is a dent underneath , and would be enough evidence to support my claim. ..or maybe he has fixed the dent.

clearly there was no other jack suppporting the car, it is hanging on its one side, two wheels and one jack made that car stand. 

Jonathan: do you still have the original picture? (That image is the worst of screen-grabs.) The reason I ask is that the wheel seems to be removed and there is something pinkish right at the edge of the screen-grab that matches the colour of the jack-stand. Might there have been another stand actually under the car?

Can't be your jack stand Jonathan only someone who prefers a scissor jack over a bottle jack would use that cheap pos. Yes it is next to the car not under it as you can clearly see.

I like Alex's response! 
I can remember lifting the rear of the Countryman (one side at a time) so my little sister could put blocks under the subframe. Just put my back against the car, grabbed 2 handfulls of wheel arch and straightened my knees. Can't do that any more, though I've been tempted to try on the saloon. Fortunately the plastic arches stop me.

Thanks Dan

Not sure I've ever seen a jack at shows where an estate or countryman had tools displayed.

To address the comments of our resident imbecile (Specialist).

Does he not know how silly he looks parading this photo ?
Maybe it's just me but I can clearly see the jack stand is sitting next to the car on the floor. (Both "ears" of the stand visible) Not even my car. I'm sure it's his lame attempt to "get my goat" but I laugh at it every time he posts it. How sad he is.
I'm guessing he's talking about the type of bus he rode to school (Special). The only plausible answer.
Here in the states we just refer to it as a "short" bus. 
(Although Shortist doesn't have the same ring)

My first Mini was a MK 1 Countryman (estate) - it came with a low profile cantilever screw jack. The lifting arm rose similar to a hydraulic floor jack but was powered by a horizontal threaded rod and a ratchet handle. The front end at the lifting saddle had a transverse ground plate that gave very good lateral support. When the car was raised the jack provided a stable 3-point base - like a hydraulic floor jack. It weighed about as much as a scissor jack and when down was less than 2" high.