Puncture repair

[robhume]

I've decided to turn my sprint car into a temporary essential shopping car but

there is no spare wheel, so what is the best/easiest puncture repair kit to go for

[CraigHew]

I carry this....

 

[tolf]

I also have this, piece of mind 

[robhume]

Thanks guys, I checked out the video and looks to be problem free.

 

Thank you

[Burgerbob]

I carry Holt's tyre weld.  Never had to use it, but it's cheap, doesn't need a pump so more compact, and apparently it can be washed out of the tyre so a proper repair can still be done.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holts-HT3YA-Tyreweld-400ml/dp/B000Y8WB8W

 

[CraigHew]

Wow, just had a look at your link, its on offer at £3.50.....

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

@Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary @Greenstreak-Andy D as you've changed from ZK to FW,  and hence no spare wheel, you may as well snap this bargain up. @Si.Dalziel @Stu Faulkner have you got any?

[robhume]

Ordered a couple

[Si.Dalziel]

45 minutes ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

@Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary @Greenstreak-Andy D as you've changed from ZK to FW,  and hence no spare wheel, you may as well snap this bargain up. @Si.Dalziel @Stu Faulkner have you got any?

May have to grab a few as I don’t have any way of powering a compressor

[Jim cunliffe]

Four ordered, one for each vehicle.We were paying more for these 10 years or more ago trade price .

[TAFKARM]

6 hours ago, Burgerbob said:

I carry Holt's tyre weld.  Never had to use it, but it's cheap, doesn't need a pump so more compact, and apparently it can be washed out of the tyre so a proper repair can still be done.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Holts-HT3YA-Tyreweld-400ml/dp/B000Y8WB8W

 

Don’t you need a pump to....pump the tyre back up?

[Burgerbob]

18 minutes ago, RussH said:

Don’t you need a pump to....pump the tyre back up?

No, the can has composed air plus some gunk in it.  It's meant as a get you home fix.

 

 

[TAFKARM]

That’s amazing 

[1960dave]

If you use that nobody will want to repair the puncture afterwards have you seen the mess it makes inside the tyre. I used it once and it took 30 minutes to power wash the rubbish out. I now only use these https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/benson-car-tyre-repair-set-27pc-553991400?type=shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtLT1BRD9ARIsAMH3BtWg7mgS1dVyIZG1XLRey2YU3L73eD_BMZt549F4Nla6X_-VRLPNNVkaAuU5EALw_wcB and you can use them more than once as there are a few plugs in the pack.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

7 hours ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

@Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary @Greenstreak-Andy D as you've changed from ZK to FW,  and hence no spare wheel, you may as well snap this bargain up. @Si.Dalziel @Stu Faulkner have you got any?

Yeah, I think I might have seen a can in the Sigma. I don’t know if it’s changed in recent years, (formulas for many things have), not a great fan of spraying gloop inside the tyres and effectively writing them off. (Though I’ve a feeling Tyre Weld might be one that some tyre places will clean off, can’t remember for sure. I do recall Matt Seabrook, years ago, telling us how nasty some of the chemicals in tyre sealers could be though!)

 

This was a good reminder though. I’ve dug out the old Crafty Plugger kit I got for my last Westfield years ago, on @Blatman recommendation of the time. Have just ordered some fresh CO2 cartridges though, to pump the tyres back up! As mine are ten years old or so.
 

- It’s a dry temporary fix for roadside use, that still allows a tyre place to mend the tyre, if it’s that type of puncture.