Re: Hard Rubber - Soft Rocks

andrew typed:
> Rich B wrote:
> 
>> Neil typed:
>> 
>>> The most effective part of my kit was a tyre inflator which replaced
>>> one of the spark plug in my 2.25 petrol engine, and used the engine
>>> compression on slow tick-over to rapidly inflate a 205 x 16 from
>>> flat. A really magic piece of kit!
>> 
>> I've always wondered about these devices - aren't you filling the
>> tyre with
>> petrol fumes?  I know it's not an Icelandic lighter-fluid scenario,
>> but I would be worried about it degrading the rubber, over time.
>> 
> 
> Like Neil I used one of these and because they are used at tickover
> there is a high depression in the manifold, the air enters the
> cylinder unrestricted via a flap in the spark plug adaptor in
> preference to being sucked through the inlet valve.

Aha!  I din't know about the cunning little valve thing.

Thank you.

-- 
Rich B

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A life?  Cool - where can I download one of those?