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Old 06-10-2014, 02:24 PM   #22 (permalink)
JRMichler
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Originally Posted by ecomodded View Post
JR I Believe the pressure could burst a seam / line with his rigged up tire pump as well let alone just pressurizing it , what hazard to put it mildly.
Way back when, I soldered a couple tin cans together, soldered in a piece of copper tubing, and connected the result to an air compressor. I was at least smart enough to put the tin cans inside a garbage can, planks over the top, and an anvil on the planks. Turned on the air compressor, and KABOOM. Bounced the anvil and blew all the dust out of the garbage can. My mother, on the second floor, thought for sure she had a dead kid in the basement. The cans were ripped into several pieces.

I tried again with a gallon can, but that just stretched and pulled a seam open. No boom.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.

22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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