Freak tire damage today

[IronWing]

I was driving a Jeep on a rocky dirt road today and I had to stop to open a gate. I noticed that my front passenger's side tire was hissing like crazy. "Crap", said I and I looked and felt for the the leak. It turned out that the valve stem had been hit by a rock, bending the threads inward and driving the cap into the core and thus deflating the tire. I pulled the damaged cap off and the core popped back up, stopping the leak. The tire held fine for the trip home.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Now you remind me there's still one thing to do for making my 95 Trooper totally perfect again.

The spare tire. It's 24 years old, as far as I can tell . . . .

Man . . . that would be bad . . . . squeezing through the canyon of Goler Wash in the Panamints, to visit Charlie Manson's Barker Ranch, and a rock screws up your valve stem. Spooky! Recent news suggests there are dead bodies buried out there -- the LaBiancas and the Tates just the tip of the iceberg.

No Jeep or Trooper is gonna proteck you agains' the Forces of Darkness! Reee-pent! And Reee-inflate!