Guys... I ain't stupid... I won't be using a propane tank that hasn't been
sufficiently purged of the residual propane... this is only common sense!

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of David Brodbeck
Sent: February 25, 2003 9:00 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Eric Zeno wrote:

> "Pull a plug and hook a hose to any cylinder turn the engine over and it
> will pump more air than the ac compressor with no oil loss"
>
>    Fred,
>       Have you ever tried this?  Have you ever drove down the highway
> after filling one of your tires with a compressed gasoline/air mixture?
> Sounds like a bomb to me?

The danger isn't so much when you're driving down the road, it's when some
poor sap has to dismount your tire bomb later.  This was a big issue for
shops when people would use some of the older 'fix-a-flat' cans -- many of
them contained mostly propane!  (Ever wondered how they got a whole tire's
worth of "air" inside that little can?  Now you know.)

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