M3 jack
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Topic: M3 jack
Posted By: UweM3
Subject: M3 jack
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 12:29
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Is the M3 jack anything special or the same as on other E30's? ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
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Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 12:43
| It is different, M3 comes with a scissor type jack. Believe non M's have upright [ winding ] with extended arm type, the sill covers get in the way with a non M jack. |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 12:46
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if anyone wants one, let me know. Otherwise it goes in the skip. ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: M3Nally
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 13:14
You getting air jacks then Uwe, or will you modify a few spacehoppers!
 ------------- E30 M3 Macao blue metallic Evolution 2 E39 530d Sport Auto, Aegean blue Edition, Sat Nav, TV, comms pack etc. E39 540i Auto, Sat Nav, TV, leather, luxo barge |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 13:48
no I haven't got a sill to attach the jack to! ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
M3Nally wrote:Posted By: jpboost
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 14:07
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Uwe, I'll have it :) don't think I've got one for the new shell... (I could be wron, but I've got so much stuff it's getting tricky to keep tabs on it all!) |
Posted By: 215m3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 17:56
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I cut my jack mounts off(the ones in the boot not under the car) and any other bracket or excess metal.
Uwe i'm sure you don't need your spark plug spanner either, just send it my way! It will reduce the kefb weight. ------------- Toby http://www.bmminiparts.com - New Genuine BMW & Mini OEM parts - www.bmminiparts.com 1987 E30 M3 with turbo being added |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 19:28
Why are you constantly picking on me? 
At least I have an M3 which still runs.... Your's won't get any better if all you doing is cutting (4grams worth) brackets off! ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: Jack735
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 19:46
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I've waited until other folk have put something sensible up! Now ..... If that was a question I'd say "No thanks. Happy with my 7!"
------------- Oooh, The machine of a dream, such a clean machine With the pistons a pumpin', and the alloys all gleam, When I'm holding your wheel, All I hear is your gear, With my hand on your grease gun, Mmm it's like a disease son, I'm in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile, Get a grip on my ....... |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 19:48
???  ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: Jack735
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 20:07
Saw this when it first came up and thought it was a question (sort of) didn't want to make a silly comment right away as I thought you, UweM3, would prefer something sensible, at least to start with. So .... Title [and Question]: Jack [do you want a] M3? Reply "No thanks. Happy with my 7!" Jack [who already has a] 735 (sorry for the confusion ------------- Oooh, The machine of a dream, such a clean machine With the pistons a pumpin', and the alloys all gleam, When I'm holding your wheel, All I hear is your gear, With my hand on your grease gun, Mmm it's like a disease son, I'm in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile, Get a grip on my ....... |
)Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 20:18
LoL! now it makes sense. You have to bear with me, I am just a foreigner  ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: Jack735
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 21:00
 ------------- Oooh, The machine of a dream, such a clean machine With the pistons a pumpin', and the alloys all gleam, When I'm holding your wheel, All I hear is your gear, With my hand on your grease gun, Mmm it's like a disease son, I'm in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile, Get a grip on my ....... |
Posted By: Mike 90 M3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 21:17
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Mine has the normal e30 arm type one. ------------- If everything seems under control, then you're just not going fast enough.... 
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Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 21:27
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Think hard now Uwe..... what are they going for on Ebay again?? not available from the stealer anymore remember ... etc etc
------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: 215m3
Date Posted: 23-January-2007 at 21:36
Because i know you can hack it. And i'm only kidding. I'll stop picking on you ok ------------- Toby http://www.bmminiparts.com - New Genuine BMW & Mini OEM parts - www.bmminiparts.com 1987 E30 M3 with turbo being added |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 09:40
My M3 has sissor type, and I know normal E30 has arm type, so purely an assumption on my part. I'll assume that yours works on your M3 without catching on the sill? Guess your sig name means yours is a 1990 M3 same as mine? |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 09:57
?? What makes you think that? Have a look at my sig again ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 11:03
'Elimentary my dear Watson'!! |
Posted By: SHEPSM3
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 20:31
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I'll have to check this on my fleet, as I am sure all my M3's have the standard arm type, not scissor. I shall let you all know ------------- [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/ShepsM3/New-1a1.jpg">[IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/ShepsM3/New-1b1.jpg"> |
Posted By: Simon325i sport
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 21:05
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The E30 M3 definitely has a different jack to the normal E30 due to the sill covers as said, also, take a look under the plastic cover, and you will see there's a cutout for the handle to sit in for the jack. ------------- 
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Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 21:11
just by reading over this post again, a lightning has struck me. I think I have the WRONG jack!! The b***y thing never worked properly, but I have put that down to that fact that my pickup points are quite mangled. Most of the time I use a trolley jack and only last time on the ring I was desparet and used the BMW jack (which didn't work....) ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 21:19
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Uwe - have a look here ... http://www.realoem.com/bmw/ - http://www.realoem.com/bmw/ I checked for my (x) 318is and it read 71121180172 and then for the M3 which is 71122225536 so yep - they appear to differ! ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 24-January-2007 at 21:29
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I have an ETK but never trust the visuals as a proper aid. Many items are just place holder. And till yesterday I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about the various options of E30 jacks to be honest.
I just thought I can help somebody out (for free, if you remember I do this things rather than getting rich on EBAY) before I chuck the thing in the skip. ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 09:47
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My jack doesn't look like the picture on realoem for part no 71122225536............ only ever had to use it once and it was as much use as a chocolate fire guard. May be the arm type is the one to have............... |
Posted By: lyndonbuck
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 13:05
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Mine does and it works fine, it fact its the best jack I've used, nice long
handle, good mechanism, I guess a lot of them get sold by previous owners and get replaced by the wrong one |
Posted By: Lancastrian
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 13:40
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I'm all right, Jack!
------------- E30 M3 Project - Specification TBC |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 14:03
That's the same as the jack I have.................. chocolate..............fireguard................... |
Posted By: Mike 90 M3
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 15:26
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Yeah that pic is the jack I have! I may have been lying in my previous post! Shows how often I use it! ------------- If everything seems under control, then you're just not going fast enough....
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Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 19:59
Thanks Peter, that's how my jack looks as well. So I have the correct one. I was puzzled by the "scissor" description. That one looks not like a scissor type to me. ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: Timsteren
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 20:02
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Hi all, I've got both an E30 M3 and E30 325i and the jacks are different. The M3 has the jack pictured above. I must say though that the two times I have used it the car has managed to fall off it - luckily before I had the wheel off - so I wont be using it again. I have also read elsewhere that they are prone to this kind of thing happening - wonder if you folks have experienced this. Unfortunately the jack from the 325i (scissor type) is no good since there is a clearance problem with the handle and the car body as it is jacked up. So next step for me will be a trolley jack - guess it weighs a bit extra though... Cheers, Tim. |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 20:34
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Yeah, may be not quite 'scissor', but more 'scissors' than 'upright with an extended arm'.
How would you describe it????
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Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 20:38
Hard shoulder of the M1 with a puncture, getting dark. It wouldn't even get the car off the ground without the base slipping away.................... thus my reference to chocolate and fireguard........ not even worth having in the car. BTW AA or RAC cards don't weight a lot. |
Posted By: Rossi
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 20:41
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'JaX' maybe.. (or in thepits' case Jackass {back on topic} ------------- |
Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 25-January-2007 at 21:41
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Never trust the pictures, they are purely pictorial!? If the Part Numbers differ, then the parts are different in some way ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: jon90
Date Posted: 26-January-2007 at 08:23
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Thats the same jack I have.They are M3 specific and obviously very rare/crap,I think you should stick it on ebay and some mug will probably pay about £50 for it,just look what a box spanner goes for.
Jon |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 26-January-2007 at 09:26
OK let's stick it on EBAY for a laugh. But I will really beef it up with all the EVO malaki....... ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: andyclient
Date Posted: 02-February-2007 at 13:22
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Have you done it Uwe or has someone beaten you to it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-M3-jack-sport-evolution-ceccoto-ravaglia_W0QQitemZ260081764734QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10374QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-M3-jack-sport-evolution-ceccot o-ravaglia_W0QQitemZ260081764734QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10374QQrd Z1QQcmdZViewItem ------------- 
01 E46 320d Touring 88 E30 M3 Sadly Gone 93 E36 325 TD Gone but still going 87 E30 Hartge 325 (gone but not forgotten) |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 02-February-2007 at 13:39
That one look like it's had lot's of use..... not, wonder why? |
Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 02-February-2007 at 21:08
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No it's not me! Mine looks a bit more shabby than that one.... ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 02-February-2007 at 22:36
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too late. he's beaten you to it!
"BMW E30 M3 jack sport evolution ceccoto ravaglia"
------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
