Thread: Using P38 air tank to inflate tyres

You could always use an out-of-date CO-2 fire extinguisher.
Remove the business end, and use adapters etc to fill the hole. Only drawback is the lack of drain bung. Advantage is co$t, and ruggedness of the tank, as they're designed (AFAIK) for much higher pressures.

Looked at Scuba tank option, but the OEM one just fitted so well in the space available. Couldn't actually find a Scuba tank that was cheap. The 2nd OEM tank was around $30 from the breakers. Not too bad.

Didn't think about fire extinguisher option. Good idea though.

At $30, I'd go OEM.

Damn, another thing to add to the list of enhancements

Steve

Ok so thought I'd fit the attached yesterday but ended up being a fail.

When I pumped the tank back up I had all 3 threads leak, I tightened the buggery out of it but the elbow thread leaked where it goes into the larger Nut? That goes into the tank. It's a taper thread so I didn't use any thread tape or was that my error?

Paul

Yeah chuck some thread tape on mate, definitely on all the threads for air stuff