How are you prepared for a Mustang flat tire?
07-24-2006, 01:09 PM
#2
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Boston MA
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RE: How are you prepared for a Mustang flat tire?
I have a spare and NO JACK!!! Alot of good that does me. I don;t even know where to jack the car up on this thing. The original jack is all I have. Its a rusted old piece of dust. My old GMs used bumper jacks...
07-24-2006, 01:29 PM
#3
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Waterford, MI
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RE: How are you prepared for a Mustang flat tire?
It depends... If the plan for the day is within 50 miles of the house I run with no spare. I don't carry fix a flat because it makes a mess of the tire, and it pisses off the technician that has to fix it for you. I've got plenty of people that will bring me a spare if one of my friends that I'm running with doesn't have one to loan me.
If I'm going long range I load up the spare and ditch some of the creature comforts. If we are running with a pack, only one of us will carry a spare.
If I'm going long range I load up the spare and ditch some of the creature comforts. If we are running with a pack, only one of us will carry a spare.
07-24-2006, 01:35 PM
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RE: How are you prepared for a Mustang flat tire?
I still have the original scissors jack and handle stored in the driver's side hole of the trunk with the original masonite cover over it. I restored it several years back. But, I bought a modern hydraulic scissor jack a few years back, and it has a nice case that keeps it out of the way in the trunk. For a spare, I have the full-sized tire and original wheel stored where it is supposed to be. I restored that wheel several years ago too, so it looks like it is from the factory. The only other thing I usually carry in the trunk is a small tool box with basic tools. However, when I take her on long trips, I throw in a fresh water pump, alternator and belts and hoses.
07-24-2006, 11:44 PM
#6
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RE: How are you prepared for a Mustang flat tire?
Funny you ask that today of all days. I got to work and ran out to the stang about an hour into shift and saw I had a flat. I have a jack all of the tools I own in the trunk (so what I don't have a big snapon budget for a snapon tool chest) and no spare. I have to be up for the next 24 hours just so that I can get a new tire put on tommorrow.
07-24-2006, 11:58 PM
#7
Join Date: Jan 2006
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RE: How are you prepared for a Mustang flat tire?
I carry a full-size spare (just laying in the trunk) with a hydraulic bottle jack in the cool checkered duffle bag
I don't travel very far with the stang, and when I do, I carry as little as possible
I don't travel very far with the stang, and when I do, I carry as little as possible
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