What do you use as a jack??

SLR · SLR's Garage

I still have the jack that came with the car as new but have herd that they can be bent and stuf up the door, so I'm looking at getting a new jack of some type to replace the original one.
SLR

Formerly Steve Wilkinson · 10-31-2008, 06:09 AM

I suppose you could get a jackpad--the thing that sticks into the jack receptacle and presents a round pad to jack--and one of those classic pantograph screwjacks. They're pretty light and compact.

livi · 10-31-2008, 06:11 AM

I actually use the factory item. Just to get the car up on stands. Not that bad if its in good shape.

Oh Haha · 10-31-2008, 06:14 AM

I have the factory jack in the truck but have never had to use it in an emergency. At home, I use a floor jack with the pads that go into the frame points.

Formerly Steve Wilkinson · 10-31-2008, 06:16 AM

What SLR is asking is what kind of jack to carry in the car, and that he's heard that the OEM crank-'em-up jack can collapse and bend into the door. Whether that's true or not I don't know, but telling him that you use the OEM jack, or that you use a floor jack at home, isn't helping him...

Oh Haha · 10-31-2008, 06:22 AM

I see.

I wouldn't have any reservations about using a factory jack that's in good shape to lift the car to change a flat on the side of the road given you take precautions as noted in the owner's manual.

That said, a small floor jack from Sears/Harbor Freight could be carried to serve the same purpose.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 10-31-2008, 06:22 AM

get a 944 jack and a hockey puck.

Oh Haha · 10-31-2008, 06:24 AM

Nice call, Shaun!!!

I would believe that jack is pretty lightweight, too?

don gilbert · don gilbert's Garage

my car never had a jack or a spare, so i went and bought a cheap sissor jack, a portable air comp, and a tire plug kit. keeps me from having to lug around a spare,

Shaun @ Tru6 · 10-31-2008, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Oh Haha

Nice call, Shaun!!!

I would believe that jack is pretty lightweight, too?

yup, they are aluminum and dirt cheap. what I also like is how easy they are to place.

Jgordon · 10-31-2008, 06:59 AM

I've heard the spare is a structural part of the front impact protection. Not sure if it's correct, but something you might want to research.

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Originally Posted by don gilbert

my car never had a jack or a spare, so i went and bought a cheap sissor jack, a portable air comp, and a tire plug kit. keeps me from having to lug around a spare,

livi · 10-31-2008, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Formerly Steve Wilkinson

What SLR is asking is what kind of jack to carry in the car, and that he's heard that the OEM crank-'em-up jack can collapse and bend into the door. Whether that's true or not I don't know, but telling him that you use the OEM jack, or that you use a floor jack at home, isn't helping him...

Well, I am sorry. My observation was simply that the OEM jack may not be all that bad that SLR has heard.

safe · safe's Garage

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Originally Posted by livi

Well, I am sorry. My observation was simply that the OEM jack may not be all that bad that SLR has heard.

I use the OEM jack from time to time when I'm not in the garage, works fine!

3.2 CAB · 10-31-2008, 08:43 AM

I had a factory jack fail in the past(posted here) the jack was destroyed, but the actual lifting arm, which is a big solid chunk of iron, was used to make a jacking pad insert tool that could be used with just about any type of hydraulic or scissor type of jack. I did obtain a NOS factory jack for cheap, just to have the correct one for the car, but I doubt that I will ever use it, because of the previous jack failure. I have used the new jacking pad and a small bottle jack several times, and it works great. I have also used the pad with a small hydraulic floor jack, it also worked great. Luckily, I have not had the unfortunate need to have to lift the car on the side of the road, but I would not hesitate to use the jack pad and bottle jack, which I carry in the trunk. I would have to really think about using the factory jack, but being that it is still new, I probably would use it if really necessary. Good luck!! Tony.

SLR · SLR's Garage

Shaun has it I think, Manly for emergency use.
There is a thread some were here that shows a photo of a porsche jack bent into the door
(me not like that).
Formerly Steve Wilkinson thanks you are right in what am looking for.

mossguy · 10-31-2008, 09:38 AM

I now use an electric scissors jack (from Harbor Freight) and the jack pad insert. It works well and is easy on my back.

Best,

Tom

pwd72s · 10-31-2008, 11:33 AM

For years I carried a heavy NAPA scissors jack. Then switched to a 944 jack. The '72 factory jack was not specifically to good...except for shows, as part of the factory tools display.

teenerted1 · 10-31-2008, 11:51 AM

love the hockey puck idea.

much better than the old cut up sandle sole i have been using.

Rot 911 · 10-31-2008, 12:31 PM

Where can you find the 944 jack to buy and do you still use the jack pad or are you jacking from another point?

Shaun @ Tru6 · 10-31-2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Kurt V

Where can you find the 944 jack to buy and do you still use the jack pad or are you jacking from another point?

$10 in 944 Classifieds...Parts Heaven, etc. as well

the nice thing about the jack RE: placement is you can put it under any reinforced point. of course this jack should only be used for replacing a tire.