What's the likely hood,  of hot flaming  gasses  (your combustion chamber)
coming thru the hose and causing a fire else where, or more so, an
explosion?

                                                     JOE

Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

>Way back when I was just a lad, my father used to carry one of those tire
>inflaters that screwed into the a spark plug hole.  Very simple device:
>long hose (~20'), fitting on one end where it screwed into the plug hole, a
>fitting on the other end for the tire valve, heck, it even had pressure
>gauge.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of Doug Fitz-Randolph
>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:17 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
>
>
>Hi all.
>
>I seem to recall many, many years ago there was a discussion regarding
>how you could somehow use your AC compressor to fill an air tank for
>inflating tires instead of pressurizing your AC system.
>
>Am I hallucinating? Does anyone remember anything about this?
>
>IIRC, the thread also included a reference to how there was some
>attachment for old army Jeeps that allowed you to inflate tires by
>disconnecting one of the spark plugs.
>
>Thanks,
>Doug Fitz-Randolph
>Freeport, ME
>
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