Pressure Pro arrived and installed

[Al]

Paul,
I have not received mine yet but I am drooling. Anyway, I am
hoping to just use my extenders that are already on my inside duals.
Are you saying that you had to take the extenders off?

Al Johnson
'96 BMC B100
Mandeville, Louisiana

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "p_a_lazar"
wrote:
>
> Many thanks to Stephen Birtles for providing the "deal"
that "forced"
> me to do the safe thing and install the Pressure Pro tire monitoring
> system.
>
> Stephen, I hope your ears weren't burning last night as I was
> exploring my vocabulary of expletives. I am sure there had to be a
> better way to install the sending units on the outside duals and
tag,
> but I sure couldn't figure it out.
>
> Seems that the transducers are larger than the clearance around the
> valve stem of the inward facing valves. After "persuading" the valve
> stem to shift some, I was able to force the transducers past the
valve
> stem and, when not falling to the ground between the wheels,
> eventually, holding my mouth just right, get them screwed onto the
> valve stem.
>
> My only concern now, is what do I do when on the road and needing to
> top up air? Sitting in front of my house, although messy, lying on
my
> back reaching to find the dropped transducer is one thing, plus the
> 10-15 minutes per outside wheel of "fiddling", on the road is
another.
>
> I am sure someone here has figured out a better or easier way to do
> this without having to add extensions (another source of leaks).
>
> I am leaving on a 2000 mile trip tomorrow, so should have plenty of
> opportunity to see if it all works as designed.
>
> Again, many thanks Stephen, in spite of the apparent problem, I feel
> better for having installed this than going without and I think it
is
> still a better solution than breaking down all the tires to install
> the transducers onto the wheel internally, as the "other" system
requires.
>
> Paul
> 97 WB43
>