BugeyeBob Episode 003 Traditional Skill for Fixing a Plana Strigare (flat tire)

It’s 3:00 PM on Saturday in 1958. You’ve got a hot date tonight with that cute gal you want to impress with your fancy British sports car AND you’ve got a flat tire. You’ve managed to hunt down a tire, but the garages are all closed. What do you do? Change the tire yourself… by hand. Here’s how.
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[@troypowell1671]

thats alot better with the music turned down. oh and check valve stem for leaks . have had them leak there also

[@BugeyeBob-zt6ne]

I found the setting in my editing software that automatically adjusts to emphasize narration so that helped a lot. As for valve stems leaking, that's a definite check.

[@andrewmacgregor8717]

I'm looking forward to watching the progress. Bless you for taking this on. Seeing the effort, i think i would have fully 'restored' and painted the rim and put the final road tire on. But, i don't know your planning flow chart 😊. Best of luck!

[@BugeyeBob-zt6ne]

These tires got put on because I happened to come across them for a very cheap price in a farm supply store of all places... about $75 US for a pair. I thought about completely restoring the rims, but there is so much work to do I know they will get dinged and would have to be repainted at the end of the project so I passed.

[@dennisp.2147]

I've discovered when removing 45 year old tires, it's far quicker to break the bead loose, cut the bead wire with bolt cutters and then take a sawzall with a metal cutting blade to the carcass of the tire. I'm too damn fat and old to Fu... umm. mess around with tire spoons and stuff on tires that are going straight in the trash anyway.

[@BugeyeBob-zt6ne]

Your way is definitely quicker and easier. I'm 270 lbs and 72 years old so I definitely understand where you are coming from...

[@estpst]

should have refinished the wheel first before putting on the new tire

[@BugeyeBob-zt6ne]

Too much more work to do first that would put the new finish at risk of damage. Also, these tires are not road legal for autos. I picked them up cheap at a farm supply store because they are actually trailer tires.