Halfords (SGS) Trolley Jack Fix - Air purge and oil top up

In this video I investigate why my Halfords low profile trolley jack won't stay up. As part of that I show the process for purging the air and filling up the oil.
Halfords no longer sell this model but it is identical to the low profile trolley jack sold by SGS, which is available here:
www.sgs-engineering.com/tjl2-...
Jack oil is available here:
UK - amzn.to/3H6B9op

[@SouthWillingham]

To the point, no distractions and pleasant voice. Very useful. Many thanks for taking the trouble to post the video.

[@MostlyHelpful]

And many thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad the video was useful too.

[@JohnnyPaton]

Your video inspired me to try and fix one of my jacks. Lo and behold I now have two fully functioning jacks.

[@MostlyHelpful]

Hi Johnny, that's great to hear, thanks for letting me know. Good luck with your Citroen ZX. I always fancied a ZX16v, but they were too expensive to insure when they were new, and now they've all but disappeared.

[@JohnnyPaton]

@@MostlyHelpful thanks. My ultimate plan is to put a 2.0 16v XU10 engine in this one, add alloys and lower slightly to create my own ZX 16v.

[@Bounce-My-Knee]

Still helpful 1 year later! I have the exact same model of jack. Following many years of faithful service it was beginning to struggle. After watching this video, I was able to resuscitate it within 15 minutes. Coincidentally, I'm working on the brakes of my Audi. Many thanks!

[@MostlyHelpful]

That's great to hear - always nice to know that people use my videos to bring their items back to life. Here's hoping it gives you many more years of service.

[@tintin69rr]

Bang on I’ve just gone to swap my wheels over finally get the summer wheels on and my 2t jack not going up there’s a fair bit of oil been leaking into the box so this video really helpful as I’ll have a go at this I’m def no mechanic and swapping wheels and washing the cars about my only diy lol everything else is down to Halfords or Audi lol 😂

[@MostlyHelpful]

Certainly a nice easy job for DIY - good luck with it and hopefully your jack will carry on giving great service.

[@ProMilkshake]

Thanks for the video mate, this will come in use when i look over my Halfords low profile jack thats not going as high as it used to, at the weekend. Appreciate it.

[@MostlyHelpful]

No problem and I'm glad it was useful. Hopefully you've managed to fix yours.

[@ProMilkshake]

@@MostlyHelpful all sorted now, jack's back to how it was when I purchased it, 5 years ago. Cheers mate. Found it was easiest to push the bung back in with a small Alan head.

[@tintin69rr]

Ps I found pushing the plug in with something blunt like a Allan key it goes in really easy 👍

[@MostlyHelpful]

Great tip - thank you 👍

[@interstateac6332]

Thanks from Tennessee!!

[@MostlyHelpful]

You're welcome and thanks for taking time to comment. 👍

[@dcbuis2]

Thanks, friend. Huge help!

[@MostlyHelpful]

That's great to hear and glad it helped 👍

[@silveryashkul]

Thank you so much. I'm going to collect mine from halfords on monday.

[@MostlyHelpful]

It's a good jack and hopefully yours will give many years of reliable service.

[@DriveDirec]

hello i am having trouble finding a jack pad that will fit onto the Halfords 3 Tonne Hydraulic Trolley Jack (it dosent come with a pad) please could you help me sir😁

[@MostlyHelpful]

How about this one: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283582284171

[@craigbrown6395]

Is there a max level to fill up or just to the hole ?

[@MostlyHelpful]

Just fill all the way to the top of the hole so that there is no air in the chamber. Good luck with it.

[@captainbuggernut9565]

I have this exact jack and it was going down on me ever so slowly the other day. Did your oil fix work permanently or do you have to keep topping it up because its leaking? I'm looking at mine tomorrow. Cheers

[@MostlyHelpful]

Yes, fully sorted. However have a look at some of the other comments as it was suggested that there was a better way to do it that I showed. Good luck with the fix!

[@captainbuggernut9565]

Thanks, I did this in the end. Although I put the bung in before jacking it up. Otherwise it sucks air in.

[@blairarcher8952]

Have had two of these and both fell apart .

[@MostlyHelpful]

Falling apart I am surprised at, although my handle does decouple itself from the rotating mechanism from time to time, but it's an easy fix. Obviously it won't stand up to intense daily use, but for a typical home garage mechanic it's been perfect.