I used to carry one them things on my old Motto Guzzi as I traveled
around the country 30 years ago. Worked great the times I needed it and
the times I helped others with it. Mine had some kind of tiny piston
inside that was propelled by the compression stroke of the motor so that
it pumped fresh air into the tire, not air from the engine.

Mark

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
>