"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Tinkerer wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Donwill wrote:
Can anyone recommend a small, accurate, tyre pressure gauge.?

Don
The piston in cylinder sort are very accurate and small. Pen sized.

Can you still get those? I had to settle for a digital thingumybob
t'other day.

Bought ne last year so I think so.

Came in a repair kit or something. All I wanted was the thing that
unscrews valves but I got a pressure gauge three spare dustcaps and some
other crap as well.


It is worth making a valve unscrewer of a bit meatier stuff than tends to be
in the shops - often plastic, and get chewed up straight away, and even the
old reversible brass caps used to get chewed up fairly quickly. I just cut
the top end off a 4" nail and filed a slot in it in the end. Now the only
problem is finding it.

Incidentally I had quite a silly row a year or two back with a man who was
about to pay a garage to change a valve for him, and simply refused to
believe me that he could unscrew it and replace it for a few pence himself.
He would not even believe there was a removable valve inside the filler
tube. He was a black belt karate instructor, and very 'sure of himself', so
I didn't pursue the matter too far!

S