Checking Spare Tire Pressures

I was draining my rear diff after break-in so while that was going, I went to check my pressures.

I got tired of fighting my air chuck onto the valve so I found one of these screw on adapters for a dually with wheel covers. Works perfect. Hangs a schrader valve down right in the center, makes it one thousand times easier to check the spare.

Thought I'd pass on this useless but nearly free mod

 

Hmm clever idea. I'll be honest, I'm that guy who never checks his spare.

 

Interesting.....I just stored the spare valve side down, then centered the valve near the rear license plate.

Cost = $0

 

flip it over so the valve is pointing down.................you typed faster then me.

 

I use 10 fingers......

 

You know whats funny, I thought about that after I did this but figured it wouldn't fit haha I guess the chain does drop enough to reach the ground

The only thing I can think of is getting tons of dirt/mud trapped inside the wheel. I made sure to coat the damn thing with fluid film too, keeps it nice and black during storage.

 

I'm not crazy right, it did come this way from the factory?

 

Next time you get tires, just have all the TPMS sensors installed in the spare. You will now get a notice when the spare tire pressure drops off right to your dash board.

#NotafanofTPMS

 

Not a good idea.

If you need to use the spare, flat tires happen, then all those sensor banging around loose inside the tire could create a nasty imbalance.

 

I don't have any sensors. When I went from steel wheels up to alloys, I never bothered with getting the different angled sensors. I also am not a huge fan of TPMS sensors.

 

Lol. It's the spare. It don't match the others. I don't care if it's out of balance. That odd tire is gonna get gone quick. My OCD won't let me run it for very long.

With that said, I'll take my chances. I've gone 30 years without having to drop a spare. If I blow a tire tomorrow, I'll be fine with that. I was due .

 

You've been living a charmed life, my friend.

 

Just build a TPMS pipe bomb . It will keep the dash lights away
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/anyone-built-a-tpms-pipebomb.174922/

 

Back in my VW days, you could just fire up the scan tool, enter the CAN Gateway module and just uncheck the box for the TPMS module. Presto, gone. If this is possible via TechStream, I'm all ears... or eyes...?