[modeleng] Re: Steam engine RPM?

  • From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:33:08 +1000

Them things were about before the advent of the cheap plug-in compressors
Jeff - they were popular as an alternative to hand pumping back in the
70's - also pre electronic ignition, oxygen sensor and catalytic converter.



> This is NOT a good idea for the reason you mention and several others.
> Depending on the type of car, and how you do it, you may also damage the
> electronic ignition, oxygen sensor and catalytic converter.
>
> If you need a cheap and dirty small air compressor, go to a DIY auto store
> and get a $10 USD one that plugs into the cigarette lighter on the car. It
> is meant to pump air to 75-80 psi or more and probably costs less in time
> and money than buying or making a check valve and possibly damaging the
car
> using it.
>
> Good luck, Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles & Dorothy Brumbelow" <cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 4:47 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Steam engine RPM?
>
>
> > Actually, Tony, you COULD replace one of the spark plugs in your
> automobile
> > with a check valve and use that cylinder as a compressor.  That was a
tip
> in
> > one of the early (prewar?) DIY magazines here in the states.  Might have
> > been fine to fill up a tire after repairing a flat, but it sounds a lot
> like
> > a potential bomb if you filled up a metal tank with the mixture of
> gasoline
> > and air under pressure.  Charles
> >
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