As far as that spare goes, take it from a guy who has been there . I
had that exact spare ,maybe a year or two older but this was 8 or 9 years
ago ,so the age gap was about the same. I ran it as a spare for a few days
and the thread just peeled off . Those tires were great when new ,but do
not age well. As nice as that tire is and as tempting as it is to run it.
Go buy yourself a good used tire at some "Used tire outlet" and you'll be
better off.
     When that  spare comes apart and leaves you walking or using up your
last AAA tow it will be money well spent.

                                                            JMO

                                                                    Stacy

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, that seems like a good plan.
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> Stuart
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> From: JordanVw@aol.com [mailto:JordanVw@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 11:16 AM
> To: stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Spare won't fit
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>
> In a message dated 11/1/2014 2:02:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
> The door tire pressure sticker
> shows both 185 and 205 tires, but it looks like the rods that hold the
> spare
> are too low.
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> technically speaking the carats and other vans with alloys came with a
> slightly different shaped spare tire carrier rods..   you can modify yours
> to make it work though.
>

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