Sunday last week at around 6:00 in the evening, I was supposed to go the grocery and buy some stuff for dinner. Now, in my part of the woods here in Laguna, the grocery is located along the old national highway, which is about two kilometers from my place. Although you need to cross the South Super Highway, it’s still a nice drive. I always make sure that I get everything I need when I go out. So on my way to the grocery, while I was about to enter the car, I noticed that my rear right tire was flat. I said to myself, no problem… I’ll just pull out my old Vespa compressor, inflate the tire and I would be on my way (with a slight detour to the vulcanizing shop). So I was able to inflate the tire and afterward, I put the compressor to the side and went into the house to wash my hands. However, when I got back to the car, the tire was flat again. I said to myself okay, this going to take awhile. I inflated the tire again and I positioned the car so that I could safely jack up the car so I could change the tire. While removing the lug nuts, I was able to remove three nuts; the other two were stuck. And I found out that the tire wrench that I was using didn’t have a good bite on the remaining lug nuts. So I got my cross wrench, and it had a better fit. But the pipe I was using to get better leverage couldn’t be used with the cross wrench because the diameter of the pipe was too small. Gee, this was getting to be a very interesting night. To add gravy to the situation, it started to rain.

So I decided to wait for the rain to pass. While doing so, I started thinking of what to do next; where I could find a pipe big enough to use… I could try putting my weight on the cross wrench to try and loosen the lug nut but I didn’t want to run the risk of ruining the lug nut. Walking out to get a guy from a shop to help out was not an option. Then I thought, all I needed was to get the car to a shop. The tire just needed to hold long enough for the trip. I needed something to seal the hole. But first, I needed to find the puncture. So I inflated the tire again, lucky for me when I repositioned the car the puncture revealed itself. While inflating the tire I could here the air coming out of the hole; it was caused by a nail. Now what to seal it with… I knew I had 3-Bond sealant in my toolbox but wasn’t thin enough to flow into the hole. Then I thought of super glue.

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