Pressure Pro arrived and installed

[Tom McCarthy]

I went to a tire shop and had them turn the valve stems out so it is
easy access for the Pressure Pro caps. Works great.

Tom McCarthy
Poway, CA

--- 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
>