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Posted by Jon on April 7, 2008, 1:51 pm
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>> The rear tire on my 8N just split open from old age. It has fluid in it.
>> I
>> want to find a way to remove the fluid and save it. needs to come out of
>> the
>> valve stem. How?
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>> Then I can just buy a cheap tire and put it on myself.
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> With a pump. Which is most easily obtained by having a the tractor-tire
> changing ruck which is equipped with a pump, etc. come and do it. CaCl2
> is highly corrosive, so the pump won't live long unless it's all
> plastic, or otherwise resistant. Frugal might actually lean towards
> having the well-equipped guy do it once every 20 years or so as needed,
> cheap will require cobbling something up - perhaps a hose (with tire
> valve fittings on each end) and an empty inner tube on the ground, with
> the wheel jacked up so it can flow out by gravity...?
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> --
> Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live b
1- Bucket under tire
2- Drill hole
--Just a thought
I hoard peristaltic pumps because you never know what you might need to
pump.
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> want to find a way to remove the fluid and save it. needs to come out of the
> valve stem. How?
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> Then I can just buy a cheap tire and put it on myself.