Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Replied by Notanumber on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 2 years 9 months ago #204184
Its a pity the photos of the jacking points early in this thread are no longer available. Does anyone have photos of the front and rear jacking points to save new members guessing ?

2003 MG TF 135 sunstorm

1979 MGB GT

Previously:
2002 115 TF + 1998 118 MG F

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Replied by R40MGF on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 2 years 9 months ago #204185
Front jacking point
Rear jacking point
Mid jacking point

I'm not very good at this sort of thing but it may help someone.
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Replied by Airportable on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 2 years 9 months ago #204187
You’ll soon get used to their whereabouts after you’ve caught your head on them a few times. The scar tissue is worn as a badge of office.
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Replied by Red110 on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 1 year 3 days ago #217061
Which cars have both central jacking points?
cjj’s ‘04 TF does not have the front one, it seems
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Replied by David Aiketgate on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 1 year 4 hours ago #217152
I believe they deleted the front jacking point around the same time as they introduced the later alarm system. (Oval fob.)

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Replied by Red110 on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 1 year 1 hour ago #217160
That makes sense (the timing, not deleting the jacking point 😂)
Then mine should have it

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Replied by VinceR on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 11 months 3 weeks ago #217359
It is a bit tricky to get far enough underneath to be sure BUT would be OK to jack, with a suitable block under the bottom central arm pivot?  It seems to be strongly braced. 

 

I intend to make a cross beam to also pick up on the lower suspension ball joints so the whole will lift together.  Bad idea?
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Replied by James_T_Kirk on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 8 months 2 weeks ago #220080
The thing is, its so low that you have to jack the car up to get to the jacking points. 
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Replied by Notanumber on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 8 months 2 weeks ago #220084
Very true. That was a real struggle when the Mk1 MGF arrived with me with its completely depleted spheres. I ended up using a
scissor jack on both sills with planks of wood to spread the load, winding one and then the other just to get the body high enough to push a trolley jack under the jacking point.
I wasnt going to do that again so left it residing on 4 axle stands until the refilled spheres were ready for refitting.

2003 MG TF 135 sunstorm

1979 MGB GT

Previously:
2002 115 TF + 1998 118 MG F

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Replied by VinceR on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 8 months 1 week ago #220089
I made up a pair of small wooden "ramps" to raise it the height of a thermalite block.   Made a lot of difference.
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Replied by D4KGP on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 8 months 1 week ago #220091
I jack the F and TF up on the sill jacking points with a trolley jack then use axle stands for support, I've not had any problems doing it this way. G.
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Replied by Red110 on topic Jacking up your MGF or MGTF - 'How to' guide.

Posted 8 months 1 week ago #220094
I agree, I’ve only recently purchased a trolley jack. Until now I’ve jacked the car up with a scissors jack under the sills and then axle stands, without any drawbacks that I can see.

I plan to paint white the central jacking points (following somebody else’s advice) and lift the TF using them and the trolley jack.
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