4WD Tyre Hand Pumps

It's a bit hard to drive out of the middle of the GVD sometimes on flats...

I don't want to take on a second compressor because I already have too much weight, as well as space issues.

Cheers.

Wouldn't an edit function be handy. Lol
Meant to add that there is or was a foot operated version available from auto accessory outlets like Repco and Supercheap. Did the same job as a hand operated pump but a bit easier on an aging body.
Not saying that yours is of course.(;-))

Can you still buy those Mengle (spelling?) pumps that went in the spark plug hole of a petrol engine? I had one years ago, worked really well but not much use on a diesel.
Cheers
Pop

Gday Pop,
We had a Scraeder pump at some time in the past:

hi pop2jocem
that brings back memories of the spark plug pump I bought back in mid 1980's
got home and removed a plug from my 2.4 petrol navara and scewed the plughole adapter in only to have it break off like a carrot it was made out of some cheap type of alloy diecast
well did I have some problems the diecast seized in the hot engine and wouldn't come out the head

I let it cool down with copious amounts of crc but using a thread extractor pieces broke off and went in and onto the piston I scratched my head and came up with making a small adaptor tube which went on the end of a vacumm cleaner pipe and sucked the broken pieces out then checked the pieces with what I had sucked out and matched it up with the rest of what I screwed out
I was 97% sure I had got most of it then with that plug still out I started the engine and revved it nothing hit under the bonnet that we detected and no engine problems occurred in next three odd years
what a drama
no I didn't take the pump back for a refund
I hollowed out an old spark plug and oxy welded up some fittings to suit and attached them to the pump hose and got years of trouble free life out of that pump
a good pump let down initially by an el-cheapo adaptor I have had a few mechanical challenges in my day and that's up near the
top of the list phew !! cheers

Phil,

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, though don't remember the bird in the swimsiut, when I bought mine. They worked well alright, but in hot conditions the poor quality hose would burst just above the metal fitting.

There was another make too, heavy brass screw-in fitting, with heavier quality hose. Don't remember the brand.

Bob.

Geez Phil, I don't remember an accessory like that being available when I bought mine back in the 70's.

Yeah mine eventually died when the hose burst just above the metal crimp. I guess it couldn't take the heat.

The 12v jobbies were just starting to come out about then but took a lot longer than that old spark plug type.

Some of the newer cars you would be lucky to find the spark plugs let alone get to them without some convoluted adapter.

Cheers
Pop

Gday Bob,
Loved your twin cylinder pump - hadn't seen one like that. Yeah have to admit I can't remember the girl either and not because it was from the 60's...must admit she looks pretty special! With that hat and all!

Anyway, for the sake of equality, here's a man reinflating his tyres in the outback with his Schrader and looking impeccable:


Pop,
Mine must have been one of the last Schraders built - I bought it in 1979 - I'd guess after that outback trip and remember I was lucky to find one in the shops.

Anyway poor old John has been pretty quiet here - I hope he's found a good handpump - I've seen some great single cyl handpumps at one of my daughter's triathlon meetings. Those bike people spare no expense on quality gear.

Cheers
Phil

Thanks Pop.

It's a good idea, generally, but there isn't a spare cc under a LC200 bonnet unfortunately.

Cheers.

That is a cracker of a photo Phil
I learnt to drive on the same Corolla wagon that my old man had

Great idea Phil, thks.

Our son, now in Korea, left behind a high-end bike pump. I'll experiment over the W/E.

Cheers.

I like that. Might get one - nice and light.

But the scenario I'm worried about was again, as I was last year, being out in the desert with a failed compressor and basically no rubber left. I started out with sixty strings, used them all and then had to cadge more off the club mates, some of whom were also having issues. Even had to put a tube into my last useable spare...

What a trip. The club trip leader, a well known Exploroz identity, has a lot to answer for...

Cheers.

Well, it seems I knew where it was, after all.

Showing some wear and tear, a coating of light rust and a degree of neglect, will have to clean it up, and get it going again.



Know a bloke who used to be a stock inspector in the Alice Springs district, prior to, and during the BTEC Scheme. They only had Holden HQ utes, and the odd Ford F100 ute, back then, so it was critical to drop pressures travelling out to some of the stations in that area.

He had 2 of the DED-EZE pumps and would have both going with right & left hands, re-inflateing both rear tyres at once. Reckon there'd be a few of us, these days, who would be puffing and wheezing, doing the same thing.

Yeah, I know......you'd kick the Blue Tongue, Big Red or ARB compressor in the guts, and stand back and have a tea, coffee or other beverage.

Bob.

Thks Bob.

A Google search only brings up:

Ded Ezy Search Result

Cheers.

Makes for some interesting googling.
By typing in Rega ded-eze I came up with Bob's style pump - could buy one in 1947 at McLEODs in Adelaide for 38 shillings (sounds pretty expensive to me) Link to McLeods advert

And John, this ded-eze pump is for sale around the corner of my place. I could go around and test it to see how long it takes to inflate one of the Landcruiser tyres :-)

And some interesting old pumps here.

Remember using one of those a few years ago now, we had a piece of wood on the bottom so you didn't have to stand pigeon toed while pumping.

Used to use Singer Sowing Machine Oil down the barrels to keep them in prime shape.

Oops! That should be John M.