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Sharksbaja
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The complete tire service kit
This has been discussed but not in it's entirety. I was renewing my kit and thought I'd share what keeps those big tires goin' when I'm way out
there..
The list:
1 matching tire
1 smaller rim & tire
1 inner tube to match tire size
Handful of tire stems with valves and caps
2 Butyl rubber sheets 1/8" X 12"X12" & 1/4"X12'X12"
Handful of sticky tire plugs
2 cans butyl rubber cement
2 big tubes of green stuff(sealer)
2 big cans of fix-a-flat
2 tire spoons and a crowbar
1 tire mallet
1 come-along (for seating tire beads)
Valvestem installer tool
2 air filler nozzles, one w/no hands fill
2 air gauages, one dial type
Tire plug installer/reamer tool
Coarse sandpaper
Liquid soap
Hi-lift Jack
Sandfoot for jack
Bottle Jack
Floor jack
Large torquewrench and 2 x-tra sockets
Two jack stands
4'X4' Piece of plywood
110V 3 cfm air compressor(for inverter)
50'air hose
12v truck air tire inflater
This is pretty comprehensive and would cover most problems incurred. Of course you can manage much w/o all this but one nevr knows what will happen.
Watch those sidewalls!
[Edited on 10-10-2007 by Sharksbaja]
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4baja
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you forgot to add, drive a TOYOTA!!!
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Taco de Baja
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Don't forget the other important item: Duct Tape. For those really BIG holes
I don't have Tyre Pliers yet but they look like a great alternative to tire spoons 
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Hook
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I've always relied on 2 cans of spare air and two spares. Bottle jack and Hi-lift. If that cant get you to the next llantera (maybe the best bargain
still going in Mexico), then you must be the unluckiest person in the world.
Hell, carrying all that stuff is enough to stress the tires on any vehicle.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 4baja
you forgot to add, drive a TOYOTA!!! |
Problem is, aftering packing all that, you'd have no room for anything else in a Toyota.  
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Dave
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Anyone here use gasoline to reseat a tire?
Or:
Anyone know of someone who tried to used gasoline to reseat a tire...and lived to tell about it?
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TacoFeliz
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Nope on the gasoline reseating method, but I have had success using a tow strap and a hi-lift jack handle as a Spanish windlass squeezing around the
tread of the tire while using a sparkplug "chuffer" air compressor to fill it. It took a few tries.
Can also testify that two grown men jumping on the sidewall of a deflated 33" tire can break the bead from the rim in a pinch, with some potential for
falling off and maiming yourself. Tire irons would be a better idea.
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I'm not running 85MPH over raw trails, of course, but in the tens of thousands of miles I have logged pulling trailers all over Mexico, I got along
with just a spare tire, 12v compressor, and a tire plug kit. As Hook says, if that can't get you the nearest vulcanizadora, then crack a beer and
wait for a ride.
Naturally, the hard-core off-roaders may want something a bit more comprehensive.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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bajalou
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Have set the bead on many tires with gasoline with no problems. Learned it from a friend who repaired tires for a fleet of trucks. Also have used
(and seen used) starting fluid. Again - no problems.
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Anyone here use gasoline to reseat a tire?
Or:
Anyone know of someone who tried to used gasoline to reseat a tire...and lived to tell about it? |
Works great.
Had do it in Gonzaga with my mom and dad in the late 1970. We could not get the damn Michelins with stiff sidewalls to reseat. A Mexican family came
by and asked if we had tried the "Mexican Method"....
We used a very small amount of Coleman fuel and a trail of white gas for a fuse; took refuge behind the truck for safety, and lit the “fuse”. The tire
went KA-POW! and was reseated.
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Sharksbaja
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I love it! Good stuff. I have no probs using the comealong to squeeze em out to the seat. Most of the problem was getting enough air volume to
actually seat the bead. That's why I have the compressor.
I was once waved down somewhere in Baja years ago. Some guy was trying to break the bead on a flat. So he could patch his innertube. I said why not
just lower the truck onto the removed tire with the brake drum. Worked perfectly. I wonder if he got out?
Big tires like the 10 ply mil lugs I ran in the seventies were beasts. The rubber back then was much stiffer. Really tested yer skills. Getting two
flats enroute to Mallarimo 30 yrs ago was something to not forget.
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4baja
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hey hook, the tundra has more room then i can use.
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Taco--how did we reseat that tire on Libby's truck two years ago? Did we just get lucky with the compressor or did we use gas?
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We utilize starter fluid on the 4x4 trails when we loose a bead. Plug kits and tire sealer cans also work...
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 4baja
hey hook, the tundra has more room then i can use.
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08?
I've got a friend with an 07 Tundra. It's basically the same size as the newer Tacos.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
08?
I've got a friend with an 07 Tundra. It's basically the same size as the newer Tacos. |
No, Steve-O is just a little guy. He doesn't take up much space, so there's plenty left over for ALL KINDS of stuff.
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Tried to order but they are in Australia....Guess I will make my own
Albert G
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Sharksbaja
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I like turtles equipment.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Al G
Tried to order but they are in Australia....Guess I will make my own
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http://www.extremeoutback.com/
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Taco--how did we reseat that tire on Libby's truck two years ago? Did we just get lucky with the compressor or did we use gas?
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Air compressor, soapy water, and a rubber mallet.
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