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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Question and comments on Originality => Topic started by: eb@bluwil.com on December 10, 2024, 10:20:22

Title: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: eb@bluwil.com on December 10, 2024, 10:20:22: I found this Jack in a European delivered 113 280sl… different then anyone I have seen before is it original or something from another car???
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: eb@bluwil.com on December 10, 2024, 10:23:21: I have more pictures and pictures of it in car but won’t let me post feel free to email or text me
Thanks,
Eric
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: Peter on December 10, 2024, 12:40:13: I have a 280SL 1969 and have below jack.
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: Lori on December 10, 2024, 15:18:24: I have the same screw type jack in my US 68 280sl but per the tech manual it is a 230sl jack.

https://www.sl113.org/wiki/Accessories/Toolkit
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: MP on December 10, 2024, 15:46:13: I have the same one in my early 250sl
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: Pawel66 on December 10, 2024, 21:31:46: You have the older and, in fact, more valuable version of jack.

https://www.sl113.org/wiki/Accessories/Toolkit
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: sandcrab59 on February 08, 2025, 21:28:00: Mine was a Euro and I have that jack, in my 71 280SL. Mine was 150 cars from the end of production.
Tom M
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: BobH on February 08, 2025, 22:11:42: From what i've read the early type ratchet jacks were used up until some time in 1968, when they changed to the enclosed type
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: Pawel66 on February 09, 2025, 00:45:25: Quote from: sandcrab59 on February 08, 2025, 21:28:00
Mine was a Euro and I have that jack, in my 71 280SL. Mine was 150 cars from the end of production.
Tom M

I am quite sure the jack with a ratchet is not from your car.
Title: Re: Found this Jack in the trunk of a European 280sl is it correct?
Post by: AdelaidePagoda on February 13, 2025, 08:10:45: Here s the 230SL manual showing the correct Jack, which matches the one you have. This is the one I have in my European delivered 230SL.