Air leak / backfeed the system to find

[Rob Robinson]

Steve I may be wrong but isn't your emergency air chuck in the engine
compartment. I have one there in my 94. I also have the auxilliary air chuck
in the bay.

On 25/05/06, smquandt wrote:
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> Finally got my '93 PT-40 home, we had to widen the drive a little,
> well OK LOTS, to do so. Now comes some work. There is an air leak
> someplace that I need to find. I really do not want to run the
> engine to re-pressure the system. I have a large compressor in my
> shop with a 60 gallon tank and max pressure of 140 PSI. If I set
> the outflow pressure on the compressor to 100# and hook a line up to
> the air connection in the bay is there any reason that I cannot back
> feed the system? I would keep the outflow valve on the compressor
> at less than 1/2 open to reduce the volume.
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> I see emergency vehicles that are hooked up to back feed in most
> fire stations.
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> Thanks in advance for help for the new owner, many nore questions to
> follow.
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> Steve Quandt
> Spread Eagle WI / Iron Mountain MI
> 1993 PT-40
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Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
94 WLWB


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