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Some cars, like my Honda civic, come with a tyre repair kit and a 12v compressor instead of a spare tyre. (Not much good for a blow out) so possibly some cheap ones from a scrap yard?

yetihair wrote:Some cars, like my Honda civic, come with a tyre repair kit and a 12v compressor instead of a spare tyre. (Not much good for a blow out) so possibly some cheap ones from a scrap yard?

The problem with that type of compressor it that they are low volume.

I bought a repair kit too.

It need to be high volume / flow rate and pressure for doing things like reseating tyres that have been dislodged off of rims etc.

I'm not keen to try the carb cleaner and match method....

yetihair wrote:Some cars, like my Honda civic, come with a tyre repair kit and a 12v compressor instead of a spare tyre. (Not much good for a blow out) so possibly some cheap ones from a scrap yard?

i have that in my civic, the 12v compressor only takes a minute to blow up the tyre from flat and the repair glue lasts long enough to get you to a garage. Not for blow outs tho. In 17years of driving ive only ever had one blow out. Thats what the aa membership is for.

A cheap compressor will do the job, no need spending lots of money. A £20 will do!

ninja.turtle007 wrote:Cheers for the heads up Jed.

I have just bought this. http://www.island-4x4.co.uk/tmax-compre ... -3923.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Looks good

Jed

jed the spread wrote:

ninja.turtle007 wrote:Cheers for the heads up Jed.

I have just bought this. http://www.island-4x4.co.uk/tmax-compre ... -3923.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Looks good

Jed

I ordered this yesterday at 11am it turned up this morning at 10am and it was a free delivery.

And have you played with it yet? What do you think?

Winchweight wrote
And have you played with it yet? What do you think?

You obviously haven't met Tom yet. He's always playing with something

Not sure I want to know now......

Ha ha, thanks Rich!

It inflates tyres very quickly! It inflated a completely flat 225/70/16 whilst on the van to 41 PSI in under 2:30mins. The gauge is pretty accurate whilst the compressor is running.

With some slight adjustment it looks like it will fit in the Peli case in the westy luggage rack.

I think at some stage I will add Anderson connectors.

What are Anderson connectors?

Winchweight wrote:What are Anderson connectors?

http://bit.ly/PsKDiz

Sorry.

Ah, ok. Not a bad idea, then I suppose you can put the connectors onto anything you might need to power, such as work lights etc?

Yep. Solar panels, battery chargers. Quite heavy duty as well.

I think it's Al that has them in case he needs to give or receive a jump start.