Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

I am lost. The jack company used a similar design for obviously diff?rent car models.
Because people advertise it this Way on baybay.
I see diff?rence of shape in the pad suppose to lift the car. I guess the correct ones are the flat pad and not the One With mettalic shapes sticking out.
Should the ratchet be flat Like the black One or should it be a tube Like on the other pictures.

Thanks for your input, lucky you who still own the oem esuipment.

The quest for originality is ai?t easy!

The first picture looks the same as the jack that came with my car, a 71 Elan.
I don't have a photo but this is from the handbook.

Alan.

looking at it again some seems to have stuck a bit of wood in the U channel

Lots of cars of the period used the same basic design of Metallifacture jack but with different cradles and dimensions to suit the particular application. Here's mine which is the same as the one in Alan's diagram......


If you are considering buying the one in the first picure - it looks to me as though it may be damaged......

Hi,

I am in a similar conundrum, would someone post a picture of the cradle for a plus two.

Many thanks

Peter

Peter +2 wrote:Hi,

I am in a similar conundrum, would someone post a picture of the cradle for a plus two.

Many thanks

Peter

That's the 4th picture (Black one) in Cedrics posting, relatively easy to find...

Pistacchio sprint 72 wrote:I am lost. The jack company used a similar design for obviously diff?rent car models.
Because people advertise it this Way on baybay.
I see diff?rence of shape in the pad suppose to lift the car. I guess the correct ones are the flat pad and not the One With mettalic shapes sticking out.

The quest for originality is ai?t easy!

Cedric, you & I need one that looks like this:

The jack i used to Take off my wheels in order to install my xas was flat underneath.
Hopefully, because it is flat under my sprint. I do?t need a u shape jack... There is no Channel really underneath to accept this kind of jack.
Weird if you ask me...

There is a channel - under each sill under the doors. For this reason the u-shaped jack version can only be used on either side. It's not suitable under the front crossmember.

Richard

pharriso wrote:

Peter +2 wrote:Hi,

I am in a similar conundrum, would someone post a picture of the cradle for a plus two.

Many thanks

Peter

That's the 4th picture (Black one) in Cedrics posting, relatively easy to find...

Many thanks,
I now know what to look for.

Cheers

Peter

Well this little thing seem to be rare in usa at least...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1674-Jaguar-XKE ... 13&vxp=mtr

Geeez!? is gold plated underneath

Pistacchio sprint 72 wrote:Well this little thing seem to be rare in usa at least...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1674-Jaguar-XKE ... 13&vxp=mtr

Geeez!? is gold plated underneath

You can ask for what you want, doesn't mean that it will sell for that. It doesn'teven have the ratchet handle!

I asked Clive from Paul Matty and they don't have this jack anymore on the shelf...

Salut

Isn't the +2 jack more like this:



@+

Vernon

Vernon is correct. "That is the Plus 2 jack". Look at the holes on each end of the longs and you will see where the nipple on the jack goes in so the car can be lifted in safety.

Mike

Yep that's the same post as on my 72 +2 but on a shitty scissor jack, will have to find one as well!