Comment by BrentOzar
1 month ago
> Back in the 1970's we'd pull a spark plug and screw in a hose to use the compression phase to inflate tyres.
You'd inflate your tires with a gasoline and air mix?
1 month ago
> Back in the 1970's we'd pull a spark plug and screw in a hose to use the compression phase to inflate tyres.
You'd inflate your tires with a gasoline and air mix?
Yep .. quite a lot of them, for substantial periods of time.
Contrary to expectations it didn't seem to affect the tubes or tyres, shorten lifespans, etc.
FWiW I grew up in fairly remote parts of the world and we repaired pretty much everything as much as possible with what we had - aircraft, helicopters, radios, etc.
My first thought, to be honest, was "Why not just grab a spare spark plug from the boot?"
I'm guessing not so many people stock spares when driving so much anymore.
You can also replace a blown out tyre with a hard wood skid if pressed, weld up broken steel with car batteries, stuff tyres with grasses, etc.
* Bush Mechanics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6foUHyfX3Q is fun.
I mean... you don't breathe insides of your tires
No, but tyres are rubber and they heat up ...
One might reasonably wonder if the material might degrade or the tyre explode while running hot.
Can confirm, that doesn't happen.