Inner Tubes

In article .com,
Jay Honeck wrote:

Mary and I fill the tires at least twice a month. It's her least
favorite task, since -- thanks to our Fancy Pants -- it's a real bitch
to do.

Hmm... I would have reworded that sentence so that there was no
ambiguity as to what and whom I was referring. ;-)

Hmm... I would have reworded that sentence so that there was no
ambiguity as to what and whom I was referring. ;-)

Ha! And here I was worried about that "pushing and pulling" line...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Both my mechanic and Desser recommended the Aero-Classic LeakGuard
tubes. We installed them a couple years ago and I can't remember the
last time I filled them. Definitely more expensive than a regular tube,
but worth it.

Now that is high praise.

Mary and I fill the tires at least twice a month. It's her least
favorite task, since -- thanks to our Fancy Pants -- it's a real bitch
to do.

I don't like the wheelpants on a cherokee either - most of the time,
they're sitting in the back of the hangar. However...I took the
electric air pump over to my neighborhood hardware store (strangely
enough, one of the Big Box stores!) and probably the only staffer
there who knew anything about tools picked out a 2-way chuck,
one of those widgets that are tapered at each end
to act as a splice on hoses, and (are you ready for this?)
actually INSTALLED the stuff on my air pump! I think it was the most
interesting activity he had all day. Cost me the price of the
widgets.

He was retired from the Navy, was the equivalent of an A&P in
the Navy, and he told great stories of being on a carrier while he
built the gadget.

Now, I can add air to the tires really easy, and no longer bend
the rubber valve - which forced me to buy another tire & tube in
the past.

Now, I can add air to the tires really easy, and no longer bend
the rubber valve - which forced me to buy another tire & tube in
the past.

Hmmm. That *might* work, but the real problem is that the little
hatch doors on the Fancy Pants don't line up well with the location of
the valve stem.

(On our old Warrior's stock wheel pants, you could reach the valve
stem from under the bottom of the wheel pants. No-can-do with the
Fancy Pants, which fair the wheel almost all the way to the ground...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Sun, 13 May 2007 06:49:14 -0400, Doug Vetter
wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:
Anybody got a lead on who has them for relatively few AMUs for common sizes
like 600-6 and so on?

Both my mechanic and Desser recommended the Aero-Classic LeakGuard
tubes. We installed them a couple years ago and I can't remember the
last time I filled them. Definitely more expensive than a regular tube,
but worth it.

I put them on the Deb nigh onto two years ago? Been quite a while any
way. It's been over a year since I put air in them. Late this past
winter I checked them and they were still right where I had put them.
Yes, they cost a bit more, but as I recall they weren't all that much
more and I heartily agree, they are worth it.


-Doug