The Ford Barn

Old Henry · 04-30-2016, 08:33 PM

I fully expect to meet up with this guy on one of my road trips some day when I need a tire repaired. He knows how to KISS better than anyone I've seen. And does vulcanizing with a passion like I've never seen. Love all the help he has at the shop too. Overhead's gotta be pretty low, if he has any at all. Definitely gotta get me one a them there tork renches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeBOfD7R2G8

I think I have had one of his distant relatives work on one of my road trip flats already. Quite a sight to see.

A bones · 04-30-2016, 10:16 PM

Thanks for that one. Vulcan the god of fire would approve. The third skill I learned at age 12 was disassembling a tire and tube that very way.

Except for good shoes.

I felt I would have a heart attack. We never used fire as we had plenty of solvents and glues. Some (many) would light it up. We did not believe in it. The first skill was filling but not spilling a tank with a straight nozzle (no shut-off sensor). It was done by ear. Second skill was de-greasing scrubbing the grease bays each night.

grovesmr · 04-30-2016, 10:21 PM

his lack of safety gear makes me rethink how manly i think i am when i skip the safety glasses for my safety squints

Drbrown · 04-30-2016, 10:43 PM

That fellow's method was a little more "basic" but it reminded me of how in the 1950's we use to valcanized the special inner tube and tire patches using an electric heat plate clamped on top of the patch. We got better results using the good-old glued-on inner tube patch or rubber plugs on tubeless tires.

Endless thanks to my Dad who made me fix my own bicycle flats.

john worden · 05-01-2016, 09:03 AM

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04-30-2016, 08:33 PM	#1
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Modern tire repair I fully expect to meet up with this guy on one of my road trips some day when I need a tire repaired. He knows how to KISS better than anyone I've seen. And does vulcanizing with a passion like I've never seen. Love all the help he has at the shop too. Overhead's gotta be pretty low, if he has any at all. Definitely gotta get me one a them there tork renches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeBOfD7R2G8 I think I have had one of his distant relatives work on one of my road trip flats already. Quite a sight to see. __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness Last edited by Old Henry; 04-30-2016 at 08:41 PM.*

04-30-2016, 10:16 PM	#2
A bones Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: CLAYTON DE Posts: 1,283	Re: Modern tire repair Thanks for that one. Vulcan the god of fire would approve. The third skill I learned at age 12 was disassembling a tire and tube that very way. Except for good shoes. I felt I would have a heart attack. We never used fire as we had plenty of solvents and glues. Some (many) would light it up. We did not believe in it. The first skill was filling but not spilling a tank with a straight nozzle (no shut-off sensor). It was done by ear. Second skill was de-greasing scrubbing the grease bays each night. __________________ Enjoy yer day. Tom Hate can't fix what it started. Last edited by A bones; 05-01-2016 at 01:01 AM.

04-30-2016, 10:21 PM	#3
grovesmr Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: ohio Posts: 147	Re: Modern tire repair his lack of safety gear makes me rethink how manly i think i am when i skip the safety glasses for my safety squints

04-30-2016, 10:43 PM	#4
Drbrown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Glens Falls NY Posts: 1,267	Re: Modern tire repair That fellow's method was a little more "basic" but it reminded me of how in the 1950's we use to valcanized the special inner tube and tire patches using an electric heat plate clamped on top of the patch. We got better results using the good-old glued-on inner tube patch or rubber plugs on tubeless tires. Endless thanks to my Dad who made me fix my own bicycle flats.

05-01-2016, 09:03 AM	#5
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