[DML] Spare Tire..

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

This past weekend, DeLorean Midatlantic had our winter
holiday event.

Thanks to Gary Gore for putting together a fun event..
and a BIG THANKS to Tom Grippenburg.

While on my way down to the event, I got a call on my
cell phone from another DeLorean owner who was stuck
due to a flat tire.  I took a 50 mile detour to lend a
hand.

The spare was typically flat, so I mounted mine which
had gotten a bead-seal about 2 years ago and has held
60Lbs with no problem since.

When I let the car down on the spare, all looked fine.
 We drove 10 miles to the local tire store and by the
time we got there, the spare was pretty much flat.

Which got me thinking..  We all know these spares
don't hold air, so most of us (as I did) took action
to "fix" it.  I thought the bead seal would do it, but
apparently not.

Has anyone had luck fixing a spare, and then having to
use it with success?   Getting it to hold air sitting
in the trunk is one thing, but getting it to hold air
after putting the weight of the car and stress of
motion on it seems to be a bigger challenge.



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