<VV> "Spare pump"

[Harry Yarnell]

The system goes back into the '60s,and was designed so that a preset low
pressure in the spare would be the limit of what was available to the washer
jar, so you wouldn't have a flat spare. With leaks, all bets are off.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Kubin" <dreamwoodck at yahoo.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:58 PM
Subject: <VV> "Spare pump"


> The spare tire-powered pump was common in Volkswagons
> around 1970 or so. Just make sure you overpressurize
> it tire so it had plenty of air when it was time to
> bolt it on the car.
> I initially liked the arrangement but disliked it
> after the system leaked and left me with a flat spare.
>
> Chuck Kubin
>
>
>
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