: <VV> Re: harbor freight tirer machine

[John Beck]

Never had a flat there but once my carburetor clogged up near Meteor
Crater.  I ran the battery down trying to restart the engine. 
Hitchhiked to town with the carb and battery.  When I got back to my car
the coil was gone.  --J.B.

Padgett wrote:
> 
> Just useful to know if you *must* break a bead
> (e.g. are 40 miles from Meteor Crater AZ, have already used the spare, and
> just happen to have a pump and tube...)
> 
> Didn't have a flat but had a coil melt very close to there before cell
> phones. Found an early 60s Chevvy just sitting waaay off the road with hood
> up , no carb or battery or paint but the coil still there. Got us home.