Someone brought up another brainstorm of the tech freaks that design vehicles and make the laws that we lose our freedoms by.

Low tire warning systems.

In this neck of the woods, the only people that can afford a car new enough to have this mess are the wooden headed kind of people that have to call in a licensed plumber to un-stop a toilet.

We constantly have the same annoying little old ladies (and empty-headed men, you know, the kind that work at the court-house) stopping in because their car has convinced them that they have a flat tire.

Someone has to quit what they are doing and gauge their tires. We haven't found a low one yet.

We tell them that they have nothing to worry about; but, they insist that there must be a problem. They refuse to believe us.

What will eventually happen is that some idiot will leave on perfectly fine tires; then, two miles down the road, they will run over a double-bitted axe, blow a tire, and sue the garage that checked their tires.

 

AIR WORKS FOR ME!

 

I have a friend from Australia and brought his vehicle north of the equator and when he tried to drive it he had 5 reverse speeds and one forward speed. He is still looking for some left hand thread spark plugs. At least with 5 reverse speeds when he is driving backwards in the states the steering wheel is on the correct side of the road for passing. Heck of a crick in his neck though.

L8r,............dogger

 

This thread is proof that the majority of you are full of hot air - and inert too.

 

Nitrogen is used a lot in filling tires and nose struts in the aircraft industry and helps a lot to keep the small tires at proper pressure . With larger tires like on our trucks I do not see the necessity for nitrogen , but if I had and available source I would put it in all my tires .

 

A closely related but often ignored maintenance proceedure is to change out your "heater core" in the summer for a "cooler core", solves all the A/C problems that you guys complain about.

 

So what do you do with the defroster in summer? Install a froster? What does one frost; cookies or cakes? Inquiring minds wish to know.

L8r,...........

 

From the reaserch I've done on the new tire pressure sensors comeing out they mount a sensor on the rim and one in the fender then they compare the rpms of every tire and if they dont match set of the alarm. Now my question as the tires wear uneavenly like on a fwd car will it set of the alarm or what if you have to replace only one tire because of road damage will it go off then. Is this the gov new way to make us always buy all four tires at once.(six if its a dually)

 

Well nitrogen for tires is a better choice by far

than other 3 carbon chain gasses out there that are quite flammable (IE propane) Nitrogen takes alot more time to evaporate and because it is slightly more dense than air, it will not leak out of the tires. Nitrogen has a very high expansion temperature and it will not expand anywhere as easily as propane or other commonly used gasses would. Air simply more easily leaks out of the tire than does nitrogen, which is why i would perfer nitrogen for my tires.

I have seen people here use Propane to fill their tires, and i have seen the results, I have tried to explain to them that gasses expand when you add heat to them, rotation on a tire will heat and expand the gass on the inside of the tire, the end result is Kaboom... its kinda hard to tell them I TOLD U SO, when these old ranchers are well set in their ways.. But i just would stay quiet, stay back from trailer tires and help him when the tire blew, get paid and go home... Live, learn and go on..

Tx

 

I would guess the boiling point of nitrogen is higher than oxygen and some other gases in air, and maybe that's why it doesn't expand as quickly. (I can't believe anyone would fill their tires with propane?? )

 

I have been around tires all my life and never in my wildest dreams would I have thought of propane in tires.

 

It might be kinda handy: If the barbyq runs out, all you would have to do is park next to it and get that special schrader valve to propane regulator adapter (I think I saw one at Home Depot....)

LOL,

Dan

(I have always thought I was doing good to be able to keep the air in my tires for a few miles........Sure hate it when it falls out though)

 

Hank Hill would be pleased!

 

would someone on here please put propane in their tires and burn them off, with a video camera please. Would make for a good show.

 

Propane also has excellent refridgerent capabilities. I believe it's chemical properties are very close to r12.

Everyone here is being closed minded about using it ..