[AT] checking.now vulcanizing

[Cecil R Bearden]

Herb:
We cannot buy that heater material due to the EPA ( Economic prevention 
administration) They think it gives off too much smoke.  You can get it 
in Mexico, but cannot bring it into the US..   I have the clamps to 
vulcanize a valve into a tube and also the valves, just not the heat units.

Cecil in OKla



On 11/1/2015 1:55 AM, Herb Metz wrote:
> Farmer & Others,
> Back in the 40's, Dad fixed many a flat with a vulcanized patch (1' x 2'
> oblong); scuffed the area, brushed on a little gooey(?), placed the patch
> which was in a metal container with 1/4" high wall and also contained a
> brown fuzzy, clamped the patch to the tube, then struck a match and pressed
> it into the tube as it started to light.  The brown fuzzy burned/smoked and
> that vulcanized/sealed the patch to the tube. This type repair never failed.
> Is this type of tube repair still around?Herb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indiana Robinson
> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 1:34 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Just checking....
>
> I've never had a problem with a tire slipping on the rim. It was usually
> more problem getting the bead to push out completely. Those tires must be
> pretty loose. I recall Diana's younger brother's Muncie IN drag racing days
> in a bright yellow Plymouth Duster and the ring of screws around the rim.
> I have mounted a lot of used tubeless tires with rough beads and on many of
> those I kept sheets of vulcanizing rubber that I would cut into strips
> about an inch wide and cemented (rubber cement) into the corner of the rim.
> As the bead pressed against it that formed into a new seal point for the
> bead. I don't know if that would be enough to lock it in place to prevent
> slipping on a loose fit tractor rim though.
>


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