powershift
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I woke to beautiful snow and then a flat tire this morning and thought no problemo, I've got the plug kit, tire compressor and a spare. What happened was the screw hole was too small for the plug kit and it would have been better to either simply air up the tire keeping the screw in there an an eye on the pressure or change the tire.
The plug kit insertion tool wouldn't push the patch ribbon into the tire hole since the hole was too small. I had the bright idea to drill it out so I took a 3/8" drill and went to town. Still too small lol. I beat on that thing with a hatchet as well as a 25 lb weight swinging at it and it wouldn't go in all the way.
I put the spare on and the dash light for the TPMS didn't shut off. The spare does have enough air in it although I'm not sure of the exact pressure since I don't have a gauge. With my last car, the TPMS light was dynamic and if I put more air in the tire the light would shut off once it was w/in psi range. Since the light is still on, does that mean my spare doesn't have a TPMS transmitter or do I need to do something else to turn it off?
I'm glad I had the weight and the concrete block, the ground has been saturated for the past several days. The jack itself just started to punch a hole in the ground at first lol
The plug kit insertion tool wouldn't push the patch ribbon into the tire hole since the hole was too small. I had the bright idea to drill it out so I took a 3/8" drill and went to town. Still too small lol. I beat on that thing with a hatchet as well as a 25 lb weight swinging at it and it wouldn't go in all the way.
I put the spare on and the dash light for the TPMS didn't shut off. The spare does have enough air in it although I'm not sure of the exact pressure since I don't have a gauge. With my last car, the TPMS light was dynamic and if I put more air in the tire the light would shut off once it was w/in psi range. Since the light is still on, does that mean my spare doesn't have a TPMS transmitter or do I need to do something else to turn it off?
I'm glad I had the weight and the concrete block, the ground has been saturated for the past several days. The jack itself just started to punch a hole in the ground at first lol