I was very impressed with my first MB flat tire experience...Exept for the Jack...Very nice concept, but they didn't give it quite enough Balls...the tool kit ROCKS though...awesome...

I was wondering if there is something wrong with my jack...anybody else having trouble with theirs?

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1991 300CE Sportline
1983 300SD TurboDiesel (Gone but not forgotten)

Jack?

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

The Mercedes jacks work great. I have several of them.
I am always afraid that the darn thing is going to slip out of the hole, but never has. I had the same style jack for my VW bus.

Yeah, thats what we call 'em in the deep south...Jacks...is there another term to use that will be more appropriate?

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1991 300CE Sportline
1983 300SD TurboDiesel (Gone but not forgotten)

Hell, I prefer the MB jack over a floor jack. Somehow it seems safer (block those wheels!)

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1989 300E 144K

The jack seemed to work great until it became too hard to turn the crank...I mean it wouldn't budge...me and my friend had to both crank it to get it up those last few inches...I had a hard time getting the spare to barely clear the pavement...Is this normal? or is my jack not working properly?

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1991 300CE Sportline
1983 300SD TurboDiesel (Gone but not forgotten)

Somethings wrong with it or you had to lift too high.....the gearing is such that a woman can easily use it. Do block a tire; espically if lifting the rear.

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Terry Allison
N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Thanks, I had a feeling something was wrong with it...I keep wheel blocks in the trunk...by the way, what place has those Long.Lat coordinates?

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1991 300CE Sportline
1983 300SD TurboDiesel (Gone but not forgotten)

1-800-4-Mercedes lets you avoid having to use all those messy tools.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I was going to add the same. My VW Beetle jack is of the same design (must be a "German" thing). I found this design to work better than the scissors-type you find with other vehicles...although I liked the "bottle" jack that was standard on the Honda Passport...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

The jack is a Bilstein product, so that explains its popularity in Germany and Europe.

Has never had to deploy jack on my 380se... Remembers jack on my '65 VW Bus... up and down no problemo..

Even though the engine burst into flames in the middle of nowhere in Montana..

1100 mile hitchike with wifey and infant.. stuff family stories are made of...(Always better in retrospect...)

Hi folks, the jack is not very famous in Germany and Northern Europe. If you use it once you will get rust problems. It depends to the climate of your area I guess Italians or Californians won't have these problems. We recommend here in UK and in Germany to avoid using the original jack.

Cheers,

Mo

No problems here in Texas of course, and I've used the one in my W124 several times.

I've also used the VW jack often while living in Illinois...where we salt the roads in winter, etc...

I'm not sure why there would be rust issues? The jack is sturdy, and the screw mechanism comes heavily greased from the start.

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

The first time I used my jack, it worked great, the second time, I was on dirt and the damn car fell off of it. Luckily I was at work and we were able to lift the car back with the fork lift. I haven't used it since.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual