DeTomaso Mailing List: April 1997, Message #123
     



From: "Ted A. Mitchell" <tmitch@gte.net>

Subject: Re: Aaargghhh!! A/C!

Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:19:18 -0700



BUT DON'T RUN THE COMPRESSOR EMPTY (or low), as you will burn it out.

Ted

http://home1.gte.net/tmitch/pe.htm     tmitch@gte.net



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> From: JDeRyke@aol.com

> To: tmitch@gte.net

> Subject: Re: Aaargghhh!! A/C!

> Date: Tuesday, April 15, 1997 5:27 PM

>

> Shane, if it was only the Schrader valve leaking and you only want to go

to

> Vegas in peace & comfort (eg- a cool wife is a happy wife),  stop by your

> local motor-cycle shop and pick up a metal Schrader valve cap with a

rubber

> gasket. Then put the thing on with a wrench and go to Vegas. By the way,

the

> external part of the valve usually doesn't cause trouble. The inside part

> which we used to call a 'valve core' is easily replaceable at any bike

shop.

> Those "schrader" valves are the same as a common tire valve inside, they

just

> made 'em weldable or as a bolt-on for other pressurization uses,. J DeRyke