Here is a better Idea!!!

[Spencer Lewis <lewi9526@domain.elided>]

tom,

instead of dreaming of things that will never come about and wasting band 
width,.........why dont you go get a repair kit and learn to plug your 
tires................

> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 14:38:04 -0500
> From: tsm1@domain.elided (Tom Mandera)
> Subject: Oh, wait.. another senseless post
> 
> Sorry, but another bizarre thought came across me again...
> 
> One day I was pondering the Hummer's CTS (Central Tire inflation System)..
> and how one could replicate it on a Scout.. it's hard to do, since the
> Hummer uses those funky wheels (full IFS) to do the CTS part but..
> 
> Then I discovered the wonderful Swivel-attachments in the air compressor
> cabinet at the local ACE...
> 
> So I'm wondering, I'm out 4wheeling, and I've just punctured my second tire
> (assuming I only carry one spare), and I now have 3 good tires and one
> leaking fourth..
> 
> So I run an air hose from my trusty on-board compressor, through a pressure
> regulator set at.. 30psi.  I run this to that full-circle swivel (will they
> go 'round and 'round all day long?).
> 
> I then run the other side of the swivel to a short hose, and then clamp it
> down (they call those a safety air chuck) to the valve on my leakin' tire.
> 
> Maybe fabricate a "hanger" from.. oh, one of those old coat-hangers you
> carry around for "some emergency" such that it attaches to the fender, and
> hangs Out in a bow, and you affix the compressor side of the swivel to it.
> This keeps the whole swivel out and away from the tire, but allows the
> "tire" side of the swivel to rotate round 'n round with the tire.
> 
> And with the regulator set at 30psi, you're tire should stay aired up 'till
> you get back to civilization and a tire repair shop.
> 
> Yes it's corny, and goofy, and probably way-out there (Dreamin' again),
> but.. I think it would work!
> 
> No, I don't plan on doing this as a permant thing on all four tires...
> though it'd be kinda nice, it would certainly be very aesthetically un-pleasing.
> 
> *smiles*
> 
> - -Tom Mandera, Helena MT (Who else?)
> http://www.tmcom.com/~tsm1/scout
> '72 and '77 Scout IIs