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----- Original Message ----- From: Max Robinson To: Blind Handyman Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Flat tire on riding mower. Hi All. Here's a story that may help someone else who finds themselves in the same position some day. This spring, just a few days ago, when we got the riding lawn mower out of its house we found that one of the tires was flat. It had separated from the rim. I thought that lifting it off the ground would allow it to reengage to the rim so I could inflate it with my air compressor. Sue took the compressor hose to the hardware store to get the necessary adaptor to fit a valve stem. Then I cut a piece of scrap 2 by 4 just long enough to hold the wheel, it was a front one, off the carport when placed under the axel. I used an 8 foot 2 by 4 to leaver up the front end while Sue placed the block under the axel. The tire did not pop back into place. We fiddled with it for a while and then decided that was too dangerous so I removed the wheel. We tried several ways of pushing on it but couldn't get it to seal well enough to take air. Then we both had the same thought at the same time. We tied a length of rope around the circumference of the tire, right in the middle. We put a screwdriver through the knot and began to twist. This compression caused the walls of the tire to be forced outward and they finally made a seal good enough to get a few pounds of pressure in the tire. Then we removed the tourniquet and finished inflating to the recommended 15 pounds. Checking the other three tires revield anywhere from 3 to 5 pounds of pressure. We pumped them all up to 15. Before this year we didn't own an air compressor so we couldn't have aired up the tires even if we had thought of it. From now on, checking the tire pressure will be a part of spring maintenance for the riding mower. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________ NOD32 3001 (20080404) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
