To use my bottle jack in a more safe way I asked a firm in Cape Town to make an adapter.
They did and for 250 Rand the bottle jack connects now into the original jack holes of my Disco 4
See the pictures
Well done - looks like a good job for £13.70 / 16.5 euros / $22.5 US.
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Re: Bottle Jack with custom made adapter for Disco 4
studioph wrote:
To use my bottle jack in a more safe way I asked a firm in Cape Town to make an adapter.
They did and for 250 Rand the bottle jack connects now into the original jack holes of my Disco 4
See the pictures
Shot boet, can you please provide details of the shop which made this? I just got a bottle jack and would also like an adaptor made.
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very interesting indeed, great bit of work
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I removed the saddle from a 3 mt sprinter jack and put this on.
7th Mar 2016 3:49 pm
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Mmm, I have a Merc Sprinter bottle jack, the one that leaked was replaced FOC. I also have an adaptor for the trolley jack.
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7th Mar 2016 4:24 pm
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Yes it's a Clarke adaptor drilled out and pinned with the roll pin from the sprinter saddle.
7th Mar 2016 4:38 pm
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2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
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7th Mar 2016 5:35 pm
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Scottydog wrote:
I removed the saddle from a 3 mt sprinter jack and put this on.
Where to get one of these Scottydog ?
8th Mar 2016 12:47 am
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Robbie was selling these and so was a well known auction site (I think they used Robbies pictures) a search for jack adaptor will give you the link. When I got it I got the bottom part drilled out for the inner piston on my bottle jack and its secured by the original roll pin, you just have to ensure the load path is transferred to the shoulder on the inner piston and not the roll pin. The locating roll pin hole on the jack is bigger than the roll pin so the adaptor can 'float' so the machining doesn't need to be within a thousand of an inch.
8th Mar 2016 9:38 am
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Martin sells an adaptor too, not as posh as those, but they work and are a lot cheaper.DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
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