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[Horse]

My pox prius doesn't have that feature doc. Does it have a parking brake as well and if so is it a motorised one or a normal one? Cheers.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

Gorilla tape. Hadda window regulator go bang on me a few months ago. was using all different types of tape to try and tape it up to no avail. Came across this stuff that did the job. Sticky as fuck and most importantly is waterproof against the rain.

https://www.halfords.ie/motoring/paints-body-repair/adhesives/gorilla-clear-repair-tape-8.2-metres-252087.html?_gl=1*g4oe4o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQ5NDAxMDc2NS4xNzM2NzMyNDE0*_ga_G7H7ZEHZ8V*MTczNjczMjQxNC4xLjEuMTczNjczMjQyNi4wLjAuMA..

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

My pox prius doesn't have that feature doc. Does it have a parking brake as well and if so is it a motorised one or a normal one? Cheers.

just a normal auto gearbox, Park, Drive, Reverse etc. You can hear the handbrake lower when you stick it in park.

[Horse]

Cheers doc.

[Rat Catcher]

Yes RC the hardest part is trying to get the plug in IMO.I keep a tiny drop of washing up liquid in a bottle with me.Takes all the work out of it.

A few months ago I found the bottle in the boot and I was like "what the fuk is that for?"

Then I remembered thankfully.Windowlene or any liquid would work but it's just easier to use washing up liquid.

Had a look on Amazon, most of their kits don't seem to contain glue whereas the ones from Irish Garage Equipment (cheapest) and Mick's Garage contain glue. Is the glue necessary and/or is there any particular one you'd recommend?

The IGE one:
https://ige.ie/puncture-repair-kit-2843

Mick's:
https://www.micksgarage.com/g/emergency-and-breakdown/products/6fde3824023/tubless-repair-set-36pcs

Amazon:
https://amzn.eu/d/3VWMyF4

[mercenary for hire]

Mine is just a cheapo one that looks mostly like this one.I don't have any glue in my one as they're just so tight that they don't move.
wlw XtremeAuto CAR VAN TYRE BIKE TRIKE TIRE PUNCTURE REPAIR KIT (10) https://amzn.eu/d/djuJwWE

[mercenary for hire]

The plugs feel almost like toffee so they shouldn't need any extra adhesives.

[Belker]

I know, I did advise that to the young lad, he took no notice.

His driving instructor should've taught him that!

Do driving instructors teach clients on how to change a punctured tyre ?

The young 20'ish lad I helped out had no L or N plates up, and had no idea at all about how to change a wheel.

[Belker]

all the new auto toyotas have a hold button. just press it on at the start of every shift.
when the car is in drive when you come to a full stop it'll automatically anchor the car.
press the juice pedal and it'll automatically disengage it.

The manual Toyota's have the same feature, press the accelerator and it disengages the parking brake.
It also has the 'Hill-assist' parking brake feature which I have slowly come to Love.

But with all said, I would dearly Love a car with a Fookin Proper handbrake !

[Rat Catcher]

The plugs feel almost like toffee so they shouldn't need any extra adhesives.

I kinda thought that. In both of the above examples of kits with glue the tube seems pretty small for the 25-30 plugs supplied. I added a different one (without glue) to my Amazon basket, a c.€14 one that comes with a tyre pressure gauge, although as you can imagine at that price I'm not expecting the gauge to be particularly good quality!

[Rat Catcher]

Do driving instructors teach clients on how to change a punctured tyre ?

The young 20'ish lad I helped out had no L or N plates up, and had no idea at all about how to change a wheel.

I was taught to include it in the vehicle safety and roadworthiness module. AFAIK, an examiner can ask them to explain the procedure if the car presented is equipped with a spare wheel.

[silverbullet]

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[Belker]

There were some good tips posted on here about changing a punctured wheel.

MFH; Put the 'taken off' punctured wheel under the car, next to the Jack, just in case.

Octy; Bump the spare wheel off the punctured wheel to loosen it if required.

Utube man; Put a Brick or Stones under the opposite far side wheel fer cars with 'Dodgy' auto hand-brakes, just to be sure.

[Belker]

A few decent point made above about securing heavy items in the boot especially the ordinary jack and the fire extinguisher.
It would be a terrible pity if you had a bad bang and the roll cage and air-bag saved you only fer the fire extinguisher to hit you a smack from behind at speed.

I've been having a think about how best to secure my nua trolley jack and fire extinguiser in the boot of the cab where in the event of a bad crash they would be secure enough not to harm the passengers.

After only a months thought and sick of looking at the nua trolley jack on the living room floor, this is what I came up with;



Both items are secured with a rope around them which goes down through the nut holes on the 'Space saver' spare wheel which is itself bolted to the floor of the boot.
The knots on the rope are basic 'shoe-lace' knots which can be opened easily by pulling the strings but in the event of a crash will only tighten further.

[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

I had a trial run off my nua Jack last weekend while having a good proper boot clear-out to make room fer it. Brilliant yoke alltoghter, had the front wheel an inch clear off the ground in a minute with very limited effort on my behalf.
Thanks fer the Tip Harry !   

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/hilka-pro-craft-2-tonne-trolley-jack/7504g
€58.95 from Screw-fix and you can claim 20% back on that in Tax credit.