I don't carry a trolley jack, even with all the space in a Townace, so I am interested to be sure how the scissor jack works. Maybe I was not supplied with the correct one. It's the same as in my Corolla which has a slot across the top which goes under the flange at the bottom of the sill between to guide notches about 80mm apart. I can't believe you lift a Townace from the sill and it has no guide notches anyway.

So, behind the front wheels there are two nice platforms with a hole in the middle, fixed below the ends of a round cross member, that look like jacking points. Yes? But there's little to locate my jack and prevent it slipping off. Wrong jack? At the rear all I can find, in front of the rear wheels, is a rounded cover over the fixing point of a suspension member (drag link?). It works but is even less secure against slipping off.

- (#5610) Dave Mason, 25 Sep 02

Dave, correct jacking points located (not the sill!), sounds like wrong top bit for the jack. Mine is flat and has a small lip each side. Still only for use in an emergency and only on a flat hard surface in a vertical plane, otherwise it slips out. Got the teeshirt etc...
A small bottle jack fit in the space at the back but is still unstable. Suggest a trolley jack for home and call a man who can when out.
Clive

- (#5653) Clive, 25 Sep 02

Yep never trusted jacking points after failures on an old Rover 2000 (showing my age now) which caused extensive damage. Sounds like I have the same scissor jack as Clive. Again only to be used in an emergency for changing a wheel. On the back the two "lips" will catch under the transmission housing to prevent slipping. On the front, jack under the suspension arm. Better still, carry a small block of wood so that the lips bite into the wood when jacking under a flat surface such as the cross member.

- (#5654) Ian Dunse, 25 Sep 02