> Wow, I'd love to see that in a video clip. > I suppose learning how much propane to squirt in the tire is like learning > how hard to pull on a wrench while tightening a bolt. You have to strip a > few to learn. > Norm
REPLY Nothing much to see really. Its a trick all the old timers know of. And yes its based on experience, not book learning. Naturally it's not an approved technique in our "oh so safe" society wherein everybody is supposed to be kept wrapped up in cotton batten by big brother who knows best. . . . . NOT! I watched one mechanic try three times to get it right. First squirt was less than one second. Tire was from a highway bus. There was a hollow pop but no success, Next squirt was about a second long or so. Result was a much louder pop but the stiff rubber didn't quite seal. When he tried to inflate normally air still hissed out. We only had a 60 gallon air tank and a 10 CFM compressor. It wasn't up to the task of popping the bead tight to the rim on such a big stiff tire. Third time was the charm. I suppose all that inflating attempt had also purged the combustion products out of the tire. That might account for why the second attempt never worked completely. The approved tool consisting of a band and a ratchet clamp to compress the circumference of the tire was not among the shop tools. Boss was cheap. Done right, you don't see much. Occasionally you see some venting of gases. I have never seen actual flames. It's like using explosives to blow out an oil well fire. The expanding gases displace all the oxygen carrying air; leaving nothing for a flame to get started with. Arild _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
