Re: Hard Rubber - Soft Rocks

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:38:45 +0100, andrew <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>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.
>
>I've never used one in the V8 because the plugs are less accessible and
>easier to cross thread. They were im****ted by Schrader and are still
>available in the states but frankly the little electric ones work with
less
>fiddling.
>
>AJH

You beat me to it!  And a very good description of it's operation too
I might add.  I still have the device somewhere in the garage - might
be useful one day - LOL!

Neil

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