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OXFORD (ish) members help !!!??
« on: 25 March 2012, 20:24:23 »
anyone in shouting distance from oxford got a tyre valve core tool i can borrow tonight???

daughter seems to have a loose valve and needs to go to cardiff for x factor auditions tonight/tomorrow morning

(don't laugh, it's not my fault, and i do not approve, but neither am i going to put any obstacles in her way,....  if i can help it... )

i can run over to someone and grab it and return it tonight.... 

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« Reply #1 on: 25 March 2012, 20:38:22 »
If you mean one of these: http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Draper-Expert-Tyre-Valve-Torque-Driver-46795-Draper-Tvts1

Then I do .. probably a bit far from Oxford, though  :-\
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« Reply #2 on: 25 March 2012, 21:09:59 »
Sorry Max not got anything like that :(
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« Reply #3 on: 25 March 2012, 21:25:59 »
cheers chaps...

Aaron,  if the choice comes down to that or having to drive her and her mates to cardiff,  how late are you prepared for me to come get it.....    i mean, i KNOW i want to give the Mig a run out to play with the new CID sat nav ....   but this would be taking the p1ss....

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« Reply #4 on: 25 March 2012, 21:27:18 »
Quote from: MaxV6 on 25 March 2012, 21:25:59
cheers chaps...

Aaron,  if the choice comes down to that or having to drive her and her mates to cardiff,  how late are you prepared for me to come get it.....    i mean, i KNOW i want to give the Mig a run out to play with the new CID sat nav ....   but this would be taking the p1ss....
;D I'm off work tomorrow so I'll be up late, and about tomorrow if need be, no worries :)
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Re: OXFORD (ish) members help !!!??
« Reply #5 on: 25 March 2012, 21:32:23 »
my initial idea is to try a couple of really fine flat end jewellers screwdrivers either side of the valve and rotate....   if that fails expect mighty screams and a yell to you aaron...

(i add that she's currently not here,   tyre is low but not flat....   and seems to be holding pressure on the valve cap...   so she's trundling along at low speed to get here , then i'll take a look,  have my mobile compressor all charged and ready....   as well as the one i keep in the Mv6 for emergencies....   )

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« Reply #6 on: 25 March 2012, 21:34:25 »
I had the same problem once, long ago - the valve cap held it at least long enough to drive to the tyre place and for them to tweak the valve up (hence I now own a valve driver).. what a pain for a tiny little fault, though.

Anyway you have a PM with my number, give me a bell if you need to 'pop' down :)
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« Reply #7 on: 25 March 2012, 21:49:26 »
put the spare wheel on mate :y
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« Reply #8 on: 25 March 2012, 21:49:39 »
You can make one from a thin flat blade screw driver......use a hacksaw or an angle grinder with a 1mm disc in it to make a really thin fork..

hope you understand what i mean..
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« Reply #9 on: 25 March 2012, 21:51:10 »
Quote from: symes on 25 March 2012, 21:49:26
put the spare wheel on mate :y

I was just about to post the same thing (apparently my brain just woke up ;D) :)

Unless of course it's one of those newfangled cars with just a can of tyre gunk :(
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« Reply #10 on: 25 March 2012, 23:44:26 »
sorted chaps...  thanks aaron....    appreciated mate, you can go to bed now ;)

, spare wheel on.....     tyre didn't make it here.....  turned out not to be loose valve core, but knackered valve base.... 

they're off to cardiff, running later than planned... but mobile....   i've made sure they've got the breakdown service number, and policy number...    hope i don;t have to go out to rescue them again....




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« Reply #11 on: 25 March 2012, 23:51:53 »
Glad you are sorted, I am pretty sure I have some dust caps, somewhere, with a valve remover on the end of them, used to be quite common on cars and bikes...... :)
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Re: OXFORD (ish) members help !!!??
« Reply #12 on: 25 March 2012, 23:52:37 »
Quote from: MaxV6 on 25 March 2012, 23:44:26
sorted chaps...  thanks aaron....    appreciated mate, you can go to bed now ;)

, spare wheel on.....     tyre didn't make it here.....  turned out not to be loose valve core, but knackered valve base.... 

they're off to cardiff, running later than planned... but mobile....   i've made sure they've got the breakdown service number, and policy number...    hope i don;t have to go out to rescue them again....

whats betting you get to bed then thecall comes in just as your drifting off what we do for our kids :D ;D
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« Reply #13 on: 25 March 2012, 23:53:06 »
Glad you're all sorted Max :)

Quote from: Vamps on 25 March 2012, 23:51:53
I am pretty sure I have some dust caps, somewhere, with a valve remover on the end of them, used to be quite common on cars and bikes...... :)

When I googled for a picture of what I have, that was what I found too  :y
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