Guys,
A former lister Bud Krueger has experienced what can happen with too old
tyres on his TD.
Please visit his website
http://home.earthlink.net/~budkrueger/hans_across_the_water.htm
Oops - the links was about my visit to a bunch of listers, but you'll be
quite able to find your way to the TD tyre problem.
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Kleemeyer" <jkk@adams.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: Are my tyres too old?
> Yes, there are date codes on tires, but I don't remember how to read them.
> Back in the early eighties I bought a beautiful 30,000 mile 72 B for $80
> (really) that had been sitting for a long time, the tires on it looked
new.
> Within about two weeks every one of them developed knots in the tread. The
> tire shop where I bought 4 new tires showed me the date codes. The tires
> were actually older than the car.
>
> BTW, within about a month every rubber part of the cooling system and all
> the hydraulics went bad. But hey, what do you expect for $80?:^)
>
> Jim K.
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