[Shotimes] Re:spare tires

[John J. Weidenbenner]

2000 and up regular Taurus has a 16" spare.

John W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James White" <greensho@crown.net>
To: "SHOtimes (Team.net)" <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "TechSHO (Topica)"
<TechSHO@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:21 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Re:spare tires


> I had a 5' long X 4" wide X maybe 1/4" thick of steel coming at me today!
> Bouncing around the expressway on the way to my daughter's house for
> Thanksgiving Dinner.  Scary, but at least didn't come through the
> windshield.
>
> Well, I wasn't good enough to completely miss it, so it got the sidewall
on
> the front, and it was, of course, an almost new Continental Supreme
Contact
> Tire.
>
> After changing the tire on another Tauris and coaching another driver of a
> Pontiac (GTP)  how to change their cut tires, I found that my OEM spare
> wouldn't fit on the front of the '95MTX with the '96 brake upgrade.  Had
to
> reposition the jacks and put the "donut" spare on the back wheel.  PITA!
>
> I will be driving by several salvage yards either Friday or Monday on the
> way to TireRack inorder to replace this destroyed tire and would like to
> pick-up a 16" spare out of a Lincoln Continental.
>
> Was wondering what years would fit?  '95? or does it have to be a '96 or
> newer?
>
> Also,wasn't very happy that the "donut" was lacking in pressure.  Many
years
> of having not ever been on pavement, it was down to less than 30#.  Had
then
> to take the time to find the rare air pump (now $.50, but used to be free)
> at a gas station.
>
> Jim White - greensho@crown.net
> Valparaiso, Indiana
> '93  5 SPEED   282k few mods
> '95  5 SPEED   266k lots of mods
> "double clutch"  it's good for both you and your SHO
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