Tag Archives: puncture

Don’t you love that cars have no spare these days?

Posted on May 11, 2026 by james

My son’s Fiesta doesn’t, and had a puncture that I wasn’t sure would be safe to drive on far enough to get it fixed. Fortunately I still have the set of standard profile wheels that I fitted to my own … Continue reading →

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The wheelbarrow lives!

Posted on January 26, 2026 by james

My replacement inner tubes arrived today. The courier tried to hide them in the cupboard containing the pump for the well, but I found them eventually. It barely took ten minutes to get one of the new tubes back into … Continue reading →

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Well that didn’t go quite as well as planned

Posted on January 24, 2026 by james

Removing the tyre and inner tube from the wheelbarrow wheel turned out to be somewhat easier than I was expecting given that the front wheels of the lawnmower are the ones I usually have to deal with, and they’re an … Continue reading →

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Talking of leaks…

Posted on January 23, 2026 by james

it appears that I have another one. Fortunately this one shouldn’t be a hard one to fix and hopefully won’t cost that much money. I’m fairly sure the tyre has an inner tube, but I think it may have been … Continue reading →

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