Remote Spare Tire Pressure Check And Fill Hose
$12 Hose solves problem of checking Spare Tire air-pressure.
The hose is 5 feet long and has a female Schrader fitting on one end and an 1-1/4" long threaded male Schrader fitting on the other end of the hose. Making the hose this long enables me to lower the wheel and tire to the ground and slide it toward me allowing easy hook-up and un-hooking of the hoist chain and hose assembly.
I lowered the spare tire, attached the female end of the hose assembly to the spare's Schrader valve stem. I coiled the excess hose into the well of the wheel and cranked it into its stow position.
I have the Big Tow package on my 4X2 2005 KC. I drilled a hole in the mounting bracket for the electrical socket used to attach the trailer's hook-up plug, and mounted the male Schrader fitting using a hex-nut.
Using wire ties, I secured the hose run to the tubular hitch member.
Using this extension hose enables me to check and fill the spare tire as easily as I do the other four tires.