Date:         Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:59:59 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
Comments: To: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <3E5B9866.160D3A25@fyi.net>
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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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