At 08:29 AM 3/14/2004, you wrote:
>I'm having a quality weekend with my truck: changing all the fluids
>and checking up on everything after the winter in preparation for a
>long road trip starting tomorrow.
>
>I've discovered a small leak in one of my stock Goodyear (p265)
>tires. When I checked the pressure yesterday it was very low
>(20psi). I filled it up to 42, and it's down to 35 this morning. I'll
>put the spare on in its place and see if the local tire guy can do
>anything for it tomorrow morning before I leave. If not, I'll probably
>try one of those fix-a-flat cans, unless there's some reason why I
>shouldn't. I'm planning on using that tire as my spare for the trip; I
>have one of those 12 volt air compressors, and I could fill it full
>enough to get somewhere in an emergency.
Beware that some tire places will actually charge you more to fix a tire
once it's had "fix a flat" used on it because of the way the slime coats
the inside of the tire. I'd have it looked at first.
>So here's my question: is there any way to store the tire with the
>alloy rim (sport package with tire and handling option) in the spare
>tire winch? I have a 2003, so the spare has a steel rim with a center
>hole for the winch, but the alloy rim has no center hole. Is it ok to
>put the winch through one of the openings around the perimeter of the
>rim and hoist it off center?
Well, on my 2000, I have 5 alloy wheels. (I forget when they started using
the steel spare wheel)
I'm not sure if they also changed the winch, but my normal wheels can be
held up by the spare tire winch by putting it through the hole where the
center cap goes. I also don't know which wheels you have. You can see
what I have here:
http://www.billpitz.com/gif/streettruck.jpg
You just pop out the center cap and then put the winch cable through that.
-Bill
-- Bill Pitz <dakota@billpitz.com> - Penngrove, CA USA 2000 Dakota CC SLT+ 4x4 4.7L 3.92LSD
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