Hello all,

My new old FL2 has no jack nor holding toolbox, anyone knows where I can get a set at a reasonable price, or am I looking for the best part of £80 for the jake along?

Ta

Just buy a scissor jack off ebay around £20 hasn’t got to be a genuine LR jack.

Sometimes they turn up on eBay, but never when you need one

Jack frost wrote:

Just buy a scissor jack off ebay around £20 hasn’t got to be a genuine LR jack.

land Rovers are a long way off the floor compared to saloon cars, so the LR jack tends to lift higher - made that mistake.
Buy cheap buy twice. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

The Discovery 2 bottle jack was a decent bit of kit and compact too. I'd look out for one of those and an extending wheel brace. Plenty of space in the Freelander wheel well for them. 👍 Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

The Land Rover jack will fit next to the spare wheel, so you can install a compressor under the spare wheel.

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Bobupndown wrote:

The Discovery 2 bottle jack was a decent bit of kit and compact too. I'd look out for one of those and an extending wheel brace. Plenty of space in the Freelander wheel well for them. 👍

Lightwater wrote:

The Land Rover jack will fit next to the spare wheel, so you can install a compressor under the spare wheel.

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Thats quite impressive! well over what I need

TheBeardedWelshMan wrote:

Bobupndown wrote:

The Discovery 2 bottle jack was a decent bit of kit and compact too. I'd look out for one of those and an extending wheel brace. Plenty of space in the Freelander wheel well for them. 👍

Extending wheel brace check! Just thinking I'm going to spend some time on eBay!

I use a T-handle, 21mm socket & extension. One needs to have tools a 1000km from help.

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@Lightwater
I've watched your DIY with great admiration.
One question has always persisted in my mind - why choose a FL2 for doing what you do. Would not a more traditional Ute have made a better base vehicle for your additions ?
No criticism intended, just curious. Jules

We would have to saw our legs off to sleep in the back of a ute. We push & tilt the seats forward & with a well packed & organised Freelander there is plenty of room.

Living in the city parking is an issue. Garage is too short, too low for a lot of cars & we wanted a petrol engine.

Every person I have given a lift in the Freelander is blown away with quality of the ride.

So in our case it is "ride & less ammo"


One of the main reasons there are so many utes down under is there are tax benefits of a "commercial" vehicle which Land Rover or equivalent doesn't have. It's ridiculous. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Ride is a biggy

All the SUV's in Aus are based on the Dual cab utes which dont ride very well But everyone has to have one so the prices are ridiculous

back on thread

i got a genuine foam insert, jack, and wheel brace in near perfect condition for under £40 on ebay, and i got a bargain on a genuine steel space saver spare off a forum member

keep an eye out on here and Ebay for it all and it will come up for sale eventually