What sort of jack for carrying in case of puncture

[jakesmig]

............... At £100 on average per recovery I think I might be in credit................!
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I had AA membership for 13 years and during that period the Stag had to be lifted from Invergordon to Bridge of Weir, a 1 way distance of 210 miles. During the trip the breakdown driver, who was from a subcontracted private garage, calculated that the round trip invoice to the AA would be about about £900.00.

John.

[mole42]

I was advised by a very knowledgeable Stag owner and mechanical whizz early in my Stag ownership that even if your Stag is rust free it is still very old metal so never think about using the original jack or under the sills. I carry a small trolley jack with some wood blocks just in case. John

Rubbish. When I recently let the trolley jack down a bit fast my Stag pretty much fell onto an axle stand that was positioned under the rear sill jacking point. Result - not a mark on the car. If the jacking points on my Stag ( or any other car with a unitary construction body) would not suffice to merely jack the car for a wheel change then I would be out with the angle grinder and welder to restore the structural integrity.

Richard

[richardthestag]

Rubbish. When I recently let the trolley jack down a bit fast my Stag pretty much fell onto an axle stand that was positioned under the rear sill jacking point. Result - not a mark on the car. If the jacking points on my Stag ( or any other car with a unitary construction body) would not suffice to merely jack the car for a wheel change then I would be out with the angle grinder and welder to restore the structural integrity.

Richard

That said I am not entirely confident that the jack point reinforcement sections were put back into my sills when they were replaced by a previous owner 30 years ago.

I shant bother to try finding out whether the sills fold up when I try to jack on them

[RobinLegin]

I have used the jacking points on my Stag with the Stag supplied jack. No problem. The only issue was I managed to removed a little paint which I quickly rust treated just in case, primed and repainted with a touch up brush using the beautiful Java Green matching paint.