Bits and bobs update….

The high lift jack has featured in a few posts lending a hand here and there. It was battered, tatty but worked just fine. It’s a very versatile piece of kit and makes jacking the vehicle up quick and secure… secure enough to get an axle stand under the vehicle anyway. Not a good idea to work under any vehicle held up by a jack alone.

I inherited this jack when I bought a Series 3 in the UK. The vehicle is no longer with me but I kept the jack. Picture of Gracie below for posterity…..

LGL will end up wearing this on the back end of the roof, so it needed a bit of a tidy up. I thought about buying  new one… but it would look too… new.

It’s a pretty primitive piece of kit, so I didn’t go to the hassle of taking it fully apart. Yeah, I know but after a few trips to the garage that have yielded more things that need to be looked at a again, I fancied some quick gratification… all part of my existential development.

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Previously it had been painted red (RAL 3020) to match Gracie (the aforementioned Series 3). Breaks down into 3 main components

 

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I used an old paint brush and some degreaser to get most of the muck off and treated it to a steam clean at the local garage

 

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Once dried, I took the knot wheel to it to shift as much of the loose paint as possible

 

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Primer sprayed on

 

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Shaft was painted in matt black Buzzweld chassis paint, the base in limestone and the crawler mechanism in pastel green to match the rest of the vehicle

 

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A little bit of detailing on the studs….

 

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Should match the rest of the vehicle quite well 🙂

 

And now for the nostalgia bit… Gracie with the highlift on the roof rack… Aldbourne, England, 2010

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