Oh no!!!I have a flat.

[CHANMADD]

I have a can of Fix a flat, a Crown Royal bag full of spares ,like a few plugs a few screwdrivers, crescent wrench and a set of half dozen wrenches. My motor has mostly Allen keys ..so that's easy ..Jacking by the way is real easy ... somewhere in the middle of the car will lift both wheels on that side off the ground ..oh and a 12v airpump

[FredG]

I like the small scissor jack idea. Going to look into that today.

Fred

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by FredG

I like the small scissor jack idea. Going to look into that today.

Fred

I have two small supplementary scissor jacks. Compressed, they are five inches high. They will not fit under the frame of my ERA when the car has been sitting (they're just a hair too tall). However, if the car has been up on jacks, and the scissor jack is the last one to be lowered, the car will settle a little bit above the height of the scissor jack and you can pull it out from the frame. If you find yourself with a flat rear tire, out in the middle of nowhere, and all you have is one scissor jack, you're going to have a helluva time getting your rear up and off the ground. Even in the garage (where I have had a flat on the rear) you have to "work your way" up in to the air by jacking different points on the car in order to get a jack under the frame over on the side where the flat is. Doing it is almost like solving a puzzle where the trick is "OK, where do I jack in order to get enough clearance to place the next jack that will allow me to get the rear tire off the ground."

[CHANMADD]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I have two small supplementary scissor jacks. Compressed, they are five inches high. They will not fit under the frame of my ERA when the car has been sitting (they're just a hair too tall). However, if the car has been up on jacks, and the scissor jack is the last one to be lowered, the car will settle a little bit above the height of the scissor jack and you can pull it out from the frame. If you find yourself with a flat rear tire, out in the middle of nowhere, and all you have is one scissor jack, you're going to have a helluva time getting your rear up and off the ground. Even in the garage (where I have had a flat on the rear) you have to "work your way" up in to the air by jacking different points on the car in order to get a jack under the frame over on the side where the flat is. Doing it is almost like solving a puzzle where the trick is "OK, where do I jack in order to get enough clearance to place the next jack that will allow me to get the rear tire off the ground."

Pull up on the fender ...you can probably lift it 2 inches with ease

[Jaydee]

Also carry a couple of short bits of 2by 4's so you can drive the car up on them to raise the car.Or use them for wheel ckocks or to put under the jack to stabilise. I had a RAA member get a flat tyre on his Porsche. Great, put on the space saver then where the hell do you put a dirty big wheel and tyre. On the passengers lap. JD