Welding, but not as we know it.

[wristpin]

Reminds me of the days when every village garage had a vulcanising machine.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?ebc=ANy...4CMTNOvVmJVbLk5g3oOM1eUy4pPwr5L&v=FeBOfD7R2G8

 

[fixerupper]

A hard way to earn a living ....

 

[WorkshopChris]

I like the use of the safety log just in case the jack goes down.

 

[Wallace]

I like the use of the safety log just in case the jack goes down.

Safety log to prevent a log!

 

[wookie]

I like the use of the safety log just in case the jack goes down.

That's about the only bit of HSE going on there, but hey they are fixing stuff with minimal tools so hats off to them.

In some ways that is better than a modern tyre place, after all if there is a power cut they'll just keep on working unlike in this country also if any of the machinery breaks they will probably fix it themselves.... there is a lot to be said for simplicity and self-reliance.

 

[WorkshopChris]

Not sure how much was cut and how edited that was but it didn't seem to take much longer than the tyre place we use.

 

[Hitch]

Nice torque wrench

 

[Shedendman]

We use to have kits like these years ago on the tippers

Well handy if you got a puncture coming off a shoot,dont see them now,iirc some tyre place use to charge a fiver just to plug your tyre heard it was banned now

 

[wookie]

We use to have kits like these years ago on the tippers

Well handy if you got a puncture coming off a shoot,dont see them now,iirc some tyre place use to charge a fiver just to plug your tyre heard it was banned now

Yes you can still buy them but it says in the instructions on mine that they are illegal for use on the road. I can't see why as surely if it fails you just end up with a flat tyre again ?

Never had a repair fail and I would never use mine to repair a road going tyre.... honest

 

[Spark plug]

As far as I'm aware they are only permissible as a tempary repair to get you to the garage.

The good quality strings seem to work ok but the cheep eBay offerings are useless.

 

[Bill Edwards]

The 'correct' repair done to whatever BS number is using a mushroom repair plug. It's got a plug which goes through the hole in the tyre but has a patch on the inside which, provided isn't done outside of the main tread area (where nothing will be a permanent repair without using an innertube as well) and the correct procedure is used will never fail.

Using a plug inserted from the outside of the tyre does not allow you to assess the damage caused to the inside of the tyre either from the offending object or runflat damage.
However, in reality provided they are tight enough when they go in and aren't trying to seal a slit or on the shoulder/sidewall they do work perfectly.

Much of the issue with repairs failing isn't that you'll come out to the vehicle one morning to find a flat, it's if the tyre (front more so) were to lose the plug suddenly and lose all the air out almost at once. That's quite dangerous at motorway speeds or if pressing on round a bend.
They won't normally go down fast but if you pull out a nail (that's slowly leaking), ream out the hole to be bigger and then insert something which later comes out it'll go down very fast.

 

[mcostello]

Still in use right here, no rules that I know of. Never had a problem, except a plug got spat back out when it was very cold out. Sat there watching it slowly pop out. Warmed up the tire and it lasted to the end of the tire's life.