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[Rat Catcher]

Even women and the like are required to know how to change a wheel if they turn up for a driving test with a car equipped with a spare wheel.

Fog lights are for fog and snow, nothing else.

Plain water in place of screenwash may freeze, potentially damaging nozzles and/or tubes. You can buy 5 litres of concentrated screenwash in any Applegreen for a fiver that'll produce 35 litres of wash that'll actually wash and won't freeze in our climate. Smells more like vodka than berries when sprayed at the winda. However, a can of dettol air freshener is far more effective for eliminating odours, IMO.

Problems with wheels sticking are generally down to wheel being overtightened which seems to be a trait of all tyre garages. Buy a torque wrench from Lidl and correct the bolt torques after any tyre change / puncture repair and you won't need to carry your breaker bar with you. A light kick of your heel at the top and/or bottom of a wheel that's seized to the hub will free it... Probably best done with a couple of bolts fitted and loosened by 180⁰ just in case it comes off the jack for a belt and braces approach.

[Belker]

...... also went mad and carry a small hydraulic jack, can't be bothered with those fiddly wrist breaking ones that come with most cars. ......

@ Harry, How are you finding that hydraulic jack ?

I'm thinking of getting one myself, but not sure which one to go fer ?
https://www.screwfix.ie/p/hilka-pro-craft-2-tonne-low-profile-trolley-jack/8827r
https://www.screwfix.ie/p/hilka-pro-craft-2-tonne-trolley-jack/7504g

Only used it once, great

Thanks Harry, Hal and Horse.

I bought the Hilka hydraclic jack this morning fer €58.95 from Screwfix, the instruction manual was totally useless unless you already knew how to use a hydradlic jack, which I didn't. So after an hour of pricking about trying everything and re-reading the instructions multiple times I enlisted the help of utube and found the below video which solved all my problems in about a minute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2LtkQgj1gI

It seems a decent bit of kit fer those of us not so fit in our advancing years. I haven't tested it on the car as of yet cos it been pissing rain down here fer the past few days but I'll come back on after it is tested properly on a 2 Ton Avensis.

[Shallow Hal]

I have a hydraulic jack Ken....I thought you meant something to carry around...or are you gonna carry it around?.....that would be too cumbersome to transport around....the one I got with the ratchet handle was to keep in the boot.

[Belker]

...... However, a can of dettol air freshener is far more effective for eliminating odours, IMO. ....

I much prefer the more cheaper and IMO better smelling Tesco Cotton Fresh aerosol at a Euro a can.



https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/en-IE/products/250272300?srsltid=AfmBOorAugmi-uLqSIdBSZd28ZsOuGGEcUkNVfUwPfkW9jEs12lvbBxc

[Belker]

I have a hydraulic jack Ken....I thought you meant something to carry around...or are you gonna carry it around?.....that would be too cumbersome to transport around....the one I got with the ratchet handle was to keep in the boot.

Yes Hal, I fully intend to carry the hydraclic jack in the cab boot at all times.
If'n the rain ever stops down here I'll do a full under the cover boot clear-out (to include the very last of my 'Boot-leg' stock) which should leave enough room to store it in. Seeing as back in the day I often had a dozen bottles of Hooch + Mixers hidden under that same boot cover, it should easily handle the nua hydraulic jack !

[Horse]

I have a hydraulic jack Ken....I thought you meant something to carry around...or are you gonna carry it around?.....that would be too cumbersome to transport around....the one I got with the ratchet handle was to keep in the boot.

Yes Hal, I fully intend to carry the hydraclic jack in the cab boot at all times.
If'n the rain ever stops down here I'll do a full under the cover boot clear-out (to include the very last of my 'Boot-leg' stock) which should leave enough room to store it in. Seeing as back in the day I often had a dozen bottles of Hooch + Mixers hidden under that same boot cover, it should easily handle the nua hydraulic jack !

I have mine in the boot Ken. I did find that I had to cable tie it to the side as it rolled around and was very noisy.

[mercenary for hire]

I'm sure yer all very experienced mechanics but those hydraulic jacks aren't to be trusted for too long.I have a 15 year old Halfords one that I use occasionally and it still slowly leaks if left for any amount of time.Unless they've got a locking mechanism like the expensive ones the tyre shops use I wouldn't put too much faith in them.You wont know until it fails..I certainly wouldn't leave me new heap on one for any amount of time without support.

If I ever get too fukked to use a scissor jack I'm just retiring.No way I'm bringing all that stuff to work with me.

[Belker]

I have a hydraulic jack Ken....I thought you meant something to carry around...or are you gonna carry it around?.....that would be too cumbersome to transport around....the one I got with the ratchet handle was to keep in the boot.

Yes Hal, I fully intend to carry the hydraclic jack in the cab boot at all times.
If'n the rain ever stops down here I'll do a full under the cover boot clear-out (to include the very last of my 'Boot-leg' stock) which should leave enough room to store it in. Seeing as back in the day I often had a dozen bottles of Hooch + Mixers hidden under that same boot cover, it should easily handle the nua hydraulic jack !

I have mine in the boot Ken. I did find that I had to cable tie it to the side as it rolled around and was very noisy.

Thanks fer that Horse, I have always been fairly industrious at finding space under the Boot cover fer 'Boot-leg' in the past, but if'n worst comes to worst then your option might come in to play, I'll let ya know, if'n it ever stops Fookin raining down here.

[Belker]

.......  If I ever get too fukked to use a scissor jack I'm just retiring.No way I'm bringing all that stuff to work with me.

Don't look behind you MFH !   


Old age creeps up very fast. I can 'I think' at almost 60 still use a scissores Jack, but I don't want to, and would rather an easier solution. But Thanks fer the advice MFH and I will keep my regular Jack in the boot just in case.

[silverbullet]

I called AA or AXA Assist in the past. Nowadays I'll call this crowd:

24 hour roadside and doorstep assistance including towing your car to the nearest repairer and getting you home if it can't be repaired. Just call 1800 323 888 (Northern Ireland / UK 00353 91 560 622).

FBD Roadside Assistance.

There is no point in having a dog and barking yourself.

[mercenary for hire]

No problem Belker,it will work ok but just do the usual thing of putting the flat wheel underneath the door sill of the car while you get the good wheel bolted on.Normal safety stuff.No bother to you.

[Belker]

No problem Belker,it will work ok but just do the usual thing of putting the flat wheel underneath the door sill of the car while you get the good wheel bolted on.Normal safety stuff.No bother to you.

Thanks fer that Tip MFH, yer-man-o in the utube video also suggested putting a brick or stones under the opposite far side wheel fer cars with 'Dodgy' auto hand-brakes, just to be sure.

Between those 2 tips and Octy's bump the spare wheel off the stuck-on nuts, I reckon I'm ready to go, all I need now is a Puncture !
 

[Belker]

I called AA or AXA Assist in the past. Nowadays I'll call this crowd:

24 hour roadside and doorstep assistance including towing your car to the nearest repairer and getting you home if it can't be repaired. Just call 1800 323 888 (Northern Ireland / UK 00353 91 560 622).

FBD Roadside Assistance.

There is no point in having a dog and barking yourself.

How much is FBD roadside assist ?

[Octavia1]

https://youtu.be/Q1jj4NAzfHQ?si=Emd_lC9Ds8v4COi9

Be careful wer ya store that hydraulic jack Ken... is it a bottle jack ?

[Belker]

https://youtu.be/Q1jj4NAzfHQ?si=Emd_lC9Ds8v4COi9

Be careful wer ya store that hydraulic jack Ken... is it a bottle jack ?

No matter what I post, there is always some nut-job out there with some ridiculous utube video to diss me.