[DeTomaso] Are time plugs temporary or permanent fixes?

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

not me personally!  i have no idea where that came from.

the point is, risk 20 bucks to see if you need to spend $300.
On Jul 2, 2011 3:01 PM, "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
wrote:
> let me put a patch on inside and air it up, see what happens over a few
> days. no plugs of course. the biggest concern is migration of air into the
> carcass of the tire, which can separate the belts. if that happens, you
get
> a bubble in the tire sidewalls.
>
> good luck
>
> Michael Shortt
> On Jul 2, 2011 11:29 AM, "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Went to the garage to pull the Pantera out to do some work on it and
>> discovered that I have a flat front tire.
>>
>>
>>
>> I can see where I apparently ran over the pointy end of a nail or
> something,
>> as I can see a rather clean hole.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Whaddayallthink?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> Charles McCall
>>
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