[DeTomaso] Are time plugs temporary or permanent fixes?

[Jeff Cobb]

Charles, twenty years ago I was driving three others with luggage and crossing the  Pontchartrain  bridge north of New Orleans heading home in August, very hot!  While trying to set a crossing record in a 71Benz 300sel 6.3, at 141+_ the complete right rear radial  tire tread came off in a heartbeat. We stopped and checked. Put on bias belted tire and slowly went home, much wobble.  Bought all new tires and kept the damaged tire for seven years at my shop so people could see the tire plug protruding through the fully aired carcass. So massive heat, load, friction and rotational loads did no damage to plug but destroyed tread.
Jeff
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On Jul 2, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> Went to the garage to pull the Pantera out to do some work on it and
> discovered that I have a flat front tire. 
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> I can see where I apparently ran over the pointy end of a nail or something,
> as I can see a rather clean hole. 
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> Supposing that that hole is the sole cause of the lack of air in said tire,
> if I bring the tire to a tire shop, how permanent is the fix?
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> On the one hand, the tire in question is a 285/40/15, something that doesn't
> grow on trees. On the other hand, I tend to take said tire thousands of
> kilometers from home, where Pirelli trees and Yokohama trees are even
> scarcer. 
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> I do have a set of spare 285/40/15's, but these are in really good shape, if
> you don't count the holes, and would probably last 3-4 more years before
> needing changing. 
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> Whaddayallthink?
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> Thanks!
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> Charles McCall
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