Tire trick

[canuckbid]

An old trick when a tire shop is not close by. Sometimes it's really hard to get the bead set on a tire to inflate it. Especially when it's cold. Spray abit of ether or combustible liquid into the inside of the tire. Quickly throw a match or burning paper and with a big WOOF it will blow the tire out to the side of the rim and make it set so you can inflate the tire. Do not get carried away with how much you spray into the tire.

[pearlygirl555]

Cyber Mechanic to the rescue! I told Mark about this and plan to stand well away from the action if he ever needs to do this.

[meebo1]

This sounds really scary

[canuckbid]

About the worse thing that can happen is you might get your eyebrows singed abit if you stand too close and use too much flammable liquid.
If you have ever worked in the cold or with big tires, this trick is a sure way of getting the job done. I have done it several times with success.

[canuckbid]

For the mechanics. Need to shrink a bushing to install it? Forget about putting it in the deepfreeze over night. Drip abit of propane onto the bushing and it is so cold that the bushing shrinks and installs easily.

[pearlygirl555]

Mark whacked into the line with a machete, so the LP is nice and handy now

You know, we watched "The Red Green Show" one time last month and it actually frightened me to view it in his company. He regards the handyman projects as fact, not fiction

[TexasAda]

Mark whacked into the line with a machete, so the LP is nice and handy now

You know, we watched "The Red Green Show" one time last month and it actually frightened me to view it in his company. He regards the handyman projects as fact, not fiction

Now I'm picturing Mark as looking like Harold, Red's nephew (is that the right name?)

edit: Mike: thanks for the suggestions. They do sound like fun except I have yet to need to put a tire in a rim. I will give your suggestions the first chance that i get, to the person having trouble! They might think I'm a untutored genius.

[canuckbid]

Red Green "If you can't be handsome then you better be handy" lol
These are both tricks that actually work. I find using a 20lb propane tank and cracking the valve open a little works better than chopping into a propane line. (you turn the tank upside down so liquid propane drips out instead of blowing vapour) These tricks apply to working on equipment which alot of forum users will never see. For example trying to install walking bushings into a heavy duty suspension is where the shrinking of the bushings comes in handy. If you have never done it you can not understand how difficult it can be. Also you brits will never see 40 below but at the temperature you can pack propane in a bucket.

[islandbuckman]

Red Green "If you can't be handsome then you better be handy" lol
These are both tricks that actually work. I find using a 20lb propane tank and cracking the valve open a little works better than chopping into a propane line. (you turn the tank upside down so liquid propane drips out instead of blowing vapour) These tricks apply to working on equipment which alot of forum users will never see. For example trying to install walking bushings into a heavy duty suspension is where the shrinking of the bushings comes in handy. If you have never done it you can not understand how difficult it can be. Also you brits will never see 40 below but at the temperature you can pack propane in a bucket.

Only in Canada!!

[TexasAda]

40 below...you can pack propane in a bucket.

I don't doubt you but I am laughing my guts out