[Healeys] Quick Jack installed on frame.

[Michael MacLean]

I have a QuickJack 5000.  Did any of you guys notice hydraulic fluid in the
air cylinder?  I hang my QuickJacks up against the wall with Quickjack
hangers which make the air valve for the air cylinder orient towards the
floor.  I tried to check the required 40 psi needed to drop the jack slowly
and hydraulic fluid came out of the valve.  Can these leak between the
hydraulic cylinder and the air cylinder?  Is there supposed to be some open
connection between the cylinders?  The last time I checked the psi in the
air cylinder the jack was laying flat on the floor and I did not have any
problem, plus the jack worked as advertised.
Mike MacLean

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 9:52 AM <gradea1 at charter.net> wrote:

> The owners manuals for both the 100 and 3000 have the same instructions
> for jacking up the car. Front- under the wishbone plate, rear- under the
> spring u-bolt.  The books never say anything about picking up the car by
> the frame.  If you jack up the rear, at the outrigger behind the rear
> wheel, you will notice that you can't open the door on that side.
>
> I have used my Hein-Warner 1.5 ton floor jack for years on the pumpkin,
> and front center brace-always with padding on the stirrup. However, how
> many destroyed front cross pieces have you seen from bottle jacks?
>
> If you use the front cross member as a jacking point you must FIRST slip a
> 2" block (for 100) under the shock lever arms, to mounting plate,  so that
> the suspension does not "hang."
>
> Austin liked it if you used the supplied Shelley jack in your boot. You
> probably did not. Hank
>
> -----------------------------------------
> From: "Michael Salter"
> To: "Healey list"
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday December 13 2021 9:27:37AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Quick Jack installed on frame.
>
> The problem with jacking on the pumpkin is that on some designs the lowest
> point on the pumpkin is actually not that strong and if it bends up the
> crown wheel will rub on the case eventually wearing through it. (Don't ask
> me how I know).
>
> M
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 12:01 PM Mark Fawcett <m.fawcett at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I've had a QJ for about 5 years and have raised my BT7 on the
>> outriggers many times. I never gave it any thought. Maybe I've been lucky,
>> but it's always been stable.
>>
>> Mark Fawcett
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 8:32 AM Bob Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Installed on frame. Question is can you install on out riggers shown
>>> below or other place so you can increase the working area in the center of
>>> the car
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe fill in voids with trimmed 2x4?
>>>
>>> Let me know what you do for positioning the lift under the frame of a
>>> BJ8HEALEYS
>>>
>>> Bob Begani
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