Thread: Engine Air compressor

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

for those of you with spark plugs.....

in the old days....a hose was available that had a tyre inflator fitting on one end....
and a spark plug thread on the other.....
you simply removed one spark plug from the engine...screwed in the hose...
and connected the other end to your tyre valve.....
then just start your engine and watch the tyre inflate.....


i guess this method would have been a great way to inflate tyres for the burnout
competitions at summernats.......(you gotta smoke em till they pop.....)

Yup, still got one in case the 12v one packs it in at a bad time, there was a furphy going around that they put air/fuel mixture in your tyres but the engine compression stroke actually moves a second piston or diaphragmn that brings in and expels fresh air. Its a ripper

Originally Posted by Defender200Tdi

Yeah, must do something about that.

In the meantime, the photos are all intact in the acticle I put up here:

http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php'showtopic=2115

Paul

Paul

you are indeed a scholar and a gentleman