Carpokes

Hi Irish,
I would recommend you look at the aluminum scissor jack from a 996 or 986. They are light weight, strong and the lift pad of the jack is in the oval nub shape to properly work with the oval hole of most modern Porsche jack points. Look for one that includes the crank handle.

Example:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/355365907923?c ... UuEALw_wcB

Welcome to the forum!

irishbirdman wrote: Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:11 am Interesting reading y’all. Any thoughts on a compact jack? We do a ton of PCA roadtrips here in BC and the law of averages means someone’s bound to get a flat and the law of Murphy will dictate it’ll be miles from anywhere - AND it’ll be a centre lock that the AAA/tow truck guy will never have seen before, etc, etc…
I already have a cordless impact (plus a low profile floor jack - gets all my wheels off in seconds for an occasional deep clean!) so with that, repair kit and a jack we’d back on the road pretty quick WITHOUT having to lay on a blanket. i don’t know if any of us have given any thought to the possibility of flats when we head out, I’ve definitely never heard it mentioned - so I’m glad I read this! Thx again and hope someone has some jack ideas…

I am researching electric jacks based on some discussions elsewhere.
Example only:

Ya. The aluminum manual jack makes the most sense - the lazy-ass powered ones are probably more bulk and weight that can be done without. One always hopes that it’s like bringing an umbrella to make sure it doesn’t rain.
That said about 30 of us drove from. Vancouver BC to Rennsport taking the coast roads all the way and no one had a flat - there or back!

ikone wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:27 pmI used it (a Dynaplug tire repair kit) on my RS3 and the reamer is worthless. The plugs work but the reamer itself bent immediately.

The reamer can be worthless if the hole left by the nail is small as it was on my daily driver that I just plugged today. The nail was 0.087" in diameter, a tad over 1/16", and the hole would be half that size. I even had a problem inserting the air-stop pin. My reamer bend as well which I then straightened.

I ended up using a drill with bits starting small and ending up at 0.1385" (not really a drill size?). You can't really drill rubber; it really needs to be punched out if you are trying to enlarge the hole. It helped but the reamer still would not fit. In fact, inserting the plug was a chore and I needed a rubber mallet to hit the end of the Dynaplug Pro Xtreme to insert the plug further. I even used glue to help insertion by reducing friction.

The Dynaplug works, but not on nail holes that small. That would apply to any tire repair kit.

I have seen the use of using a drill to enlarge the hole in a tire prior to plugging it. The helpful crew at the EAA in Oshkosh fixed the front tire on my motorcycle and needed to enlarge the hole using a drill...that was back in the early 90s.