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Old 09-06-2017, 04:11 PM   #1
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Sometimes You Just Get Lucky!

Just back from a 2 month nearly 9000 mile trip in our Forester. We were out in some really remote parts of Newfoundland.

Giving her a good wash today and one of the tire pressure monitors broke when I was washing the wheel. The driveway is a nice place to loose all the air in a tire. Took the monitor off and pumped it back up. Will see what TST says about this. Click image for larger version

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Old 09-08-2017, 08:59 AM   #2
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You did get lucky hope you checked the others, could you have broken it off with your brush while washing the wheel? The folks at TST are really accommodating if it was a problem with their product.
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Back in the late 1970's, my parents went from Phila area to Alaska and back in a Class C. About 100 miles from home on the PA Turnpike, the right rear wheel left the axle. I don't recall the exact failure. Fortunately the wheel was trapped in the wheel well so they managed to get off the road.

Lucky it didn't happen in the middle of the Alcan highway or they'd probably still be there!
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Ok so I'll add my memory as well. Long time ago camping with parents and sisters, riding in Opel Cadet towing a pop up dad hit a bump in the road that actually pushed up the jack stand so hard the trailer came off the hitch.

This was somewhere in Jersey on one of the turnpikes. Of course everything was small enough so no brakes etc on the camper. Luckily the safety chains held or could have been bad with the camper going off in its own.

It did stop the car rather quickly though as there was not a wheel on the jack post so it dug up some asphalt and bent.
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Ok so I'll add my memory as well. Long time ago camping with parents and sisters, riding in Opel Cadet towing a pop up dad hit a bump in the road that actually pushed up the jack stand so hard the trailer came off the hitch.

This was somewhere in Jersey on one of the turnpikes. Of course everything was small enough so no brakes etc on the camper. Luckily the safety chains held or could have been bad with the camper going off in its own.

It did stop the car rather quickly though as there was not a wheel on the jack post so it dug up some asphalt and bent.
I bought a '72 Opel Manta in 1976; had it 5 yrs and put over 130K on it. After I traded it in 1981, I missed it so much I bought a '74 and drove it for over 3 yrs and 50K miles. Still the most fun car I ever had.

I can't imagine pulling a popup with one, though (1.9L engine).
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I bought a '72 Opel Manta in 1976; had it 5 yrs and put over 130K on it. After I traded it in 1981, I missed it so much I bought a '74 and drove it for over 3 yrs and 50K miles. Still the most fun car I ever had.



I can't imagine pulling a popup with one, though (1.9L engine).


Yeah it literally looked like there commercials where they had it pulling an elephant. Even just towing a pop up all you could see from the back was the camper. Did get strange looks when people passed us [emoji12]

Was the first new car my parents ever owned. They did hold up well - she drove it for years, dad drive it after that and it was the one I learned to drive on. All that use for $2000. Of course those are 1972 $
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My '67 Kadett wagon had the 1.1 L engine. I had a trailer hitch but only ever used it to pull a small utility trailer on dump runs. With one engine rebuild at 50,000 miles I managed to get 200,000 miles on the car before the transmission became unrepairable. Still miss that car but would have liked to get a Manta or GT.
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Accidentally bumped mine and it snapped off at the base of the valve stem on my 2010 Jeep Liberty. Doesn't sound like much, but it was a costly repair. Tire repair cost $90 since the shop guys had to get inside the tire to insert a new metal valve stem. What's really surprising, is the repair shop said that if the tire's internal pressure monitor was bad, he couldn't open the tire without replacing the monitor...for mere $100 added cost. Said it was a reg and he couldn't take a chance on getting caught. Still don't know if what he said is true. Bottom line, be careful around the TPMS sensor.
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A new non flow thru sensor will cost $50. I just ordered one for my spare.
Recently I lost air in a new Sailun, pumped it up and it held until the sensor was installed. There is an "O" ring in the sensor and it was missing allowing a little air to escape slowly. Extra rings came with my original order but it took a TST rep to have me look for it. Call them any time their CS is fantastic.
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TST is fantastic. Called and explained what happened to my sensor. Immediately said mail it to us. Week later a replacement shows up in my mailbox. Really happy customer.
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