Tominator Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Woke up to a cold house, thermostat said 59. Long story short, an ex-student of mine talked me through the repair and it actually worked. :cowboy: As I'm trying to get the part out that I need to clean up, my wife comes down and says "did you see the Saturn..???" to which I replied "No, but I really don't need anymore bad news...." Tire's flat, so I'm thinking, no problem, fixing a furnace I have no idea what I'm doing will be much tougher than changing a tire. WRONG! Got the part of the furnace out, cleaned up, put back in, kicked it on, works like a champ saving me at least $145. Went outside jacked the car up, wheel is frozen solid to the axle. Pulled it into the garage and have a space heater on it now. Going to check it at halftime. Love Sundays like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I hate days like that. Good luck Chris. :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Hey..you coulda checked out in your sleep..and you wouldnt be here to have all this fun...lol Good luck with the tire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 thats good and bad ............... but remember, they say "things always come in 3's" hope the tire comes off easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Could not budge that rim for the life of me. Put air in it, checked to see if it was holding air at all, and it was, so I drove it up to the local garage and left it. Never ends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Never ends... Nope, sure doesn't end bud. Hate days like that. Figure the fun will end when my time is up. Kinda reminds me of a couple months back, had a flat as we were leaving in the morning and the tire would not hold air. Had all 4 kids in the durango waiting on me and ended up having to jack it up and swap with the spare. Evidently had picked up a screw sideways in the tire the afternoon before. Have dealt with a rim stuck a few times, sometimes you can get lucky and tap on the tire with a dead blow hammer or heavy hammer and get it unstuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Have dealt with a rim stuck a few times, sometimes you can get lucky and tap on the tire with a dead blow hammer or heavy hammer and get it unstuck. 3lb sledge and a block of wood didn't work, so I decided to stop short of using the 9lb maul in fear of destroying the rim. Glad it held air the 5 miles it needed to go up to the shop. Hopefully it's just a $10 patch job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 3lb sledge and a block of wood didn't work, so I decided to stop short of using the 9lb maul in fear of destroying the rim. Glad it held air the 5 miles it needed to go up to the shop. Hopefully it's just a $10 patch job. sounds like a good idea to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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