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Jack Stowage Problem

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So on my Postal there was never a jack mounted in the engine compartment, but there was provision for the bracket assembly for the jack, including the screws.

So i bought a bracket and jack at the York Show a couple years ago, come to fit the jack in the bracket this week, but find that the bottom side of the jack fouls one of the fender support struts.:(

There's no free play in any of the screw holes so the only way it looks like i can make it work is to move the support bracket a half inch or so.

I can get the jack in there -and it's not a real problem- it just bugs me...

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Am i missing something?

I guess the postals having the top just carried the jack in the back somewhere?
 
Postals may be different as they were later but both my RHD Jeeps have brackets for the Jacks next to the passenger seat in between that and the tub.
No jacks to be seen on either though!.
So as to not confuse too much that would be the drivers seat on a LHD Jeep as well!
 
Most RHD have the jack inside, not under the hood.

Postals might not have had a jack as most did not have a spare tire, they did not have a tire carrier on the rear door. I think the theory was a civil servant was not expected to change their own tire. Though I have heard stories of some rural delivery drivers carrying a spare in the back with their mail.

Per the parts catalog, some export vehicles had a bottle type jack, not scissor type also.
 
ag4ever said:
Most RHD have the jack inside, not under the hood.

Postals might not have had a jack as most did not have a spare tire, they did not have a tire carrier on the rear door. I think the theory was a civil servant was not expected to change their own tire. Though I have heard stories of some rural delivery drivers carrying a spare in the back with their mail.

Per the parts catalog, some export vehicles had a bottle type jack, not scissor type also.
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Makes sense - wonder what they were supposed to do in -40 with a flat tyre - i guess you just wait with the engine running anyway, who's going to change a spare when it's that cold?

Although the fender supports should be the same as a RHD I suspect mine may have had a bump in that area that moved things around enough to cause an issue
 
To add a bit to the AMC - JEEP era head scratching, here is the jack on my overlander:

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Here are the jack options shown in the parts catalog:

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And here is the tire carrier for the world cabs:

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The postals hinges on the world cabs do not have the length in the hinge pins to mount this carrier. Since this was a government order, I am certain they were bought without spare tires or tire mounts. I imagine it was postal service policy that if a carrier had a flat they were to call for service and have it changed. Just a bureaucratic policy I’m sure.
 
I wonder about the call in policy in the middle of nowhere Alaska. I would think it was more like stay with your vehicle or get to the house you are nearest to and if you don't make it back we will send out a search party. Just thinking I grew up in rural Oregon and I'm sure Alaska was even more out in the middle of nowhere
 
You wouldn't want to be opening both a tire carrier and a rear door in -40 when delivering mail and thats only if its not frozen up to start with, would make far more sense to not have a carrier at all.
 
I stowed my scissor jack in the garbage years ago.. :whistle:
I feel about them the same way as I do a High Lift jack... an injury waiting to happen.
 
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