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.......... diametrically opposite. It would make tyre inflation just that little bit easier because you could use whichever valve was the most convenient. Instead of struggling to use one in the bottom quarter of the wheel you could use one easily in the top quarter.
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But another complication and thing to go wrong... weren't you advocating simplicity on another thread, L'es?!
Can see the reasoning for the oldies, though..... ;)
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Just get a pump with a longer pipe!
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Just get a pump with a longer pipe!
That's not the problem. I'd just like to be able to avoid having to perform contortions when the valve is in an inconvenient position near the ground. Perhaps if you're young and supple it's not a problem.
Edited by L'escargot on 23/08/2008 at 12:32
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But another complication and thing to go wrong...
How often do valves go wrong? About once in a blue moon in my experience.
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It'll increase to twice in a blue moon with two though ! :-)
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Just drill a hole and fit a valve!!
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Two valves, L?escargot, may well confuse. I can imagine the frustration in the queue at Sainsbury?s while someone removes as many as 10 valves, thinking that each valve inflates only half a tyre.
Silly Thread material :-)
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you will be well at home with 2 valves l'escargot, being a bivalve snail ...am i the only one who got the joke?
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you will be well at home with 2 valves l'escargot being a bivalve snail ...am i the only one who got the joke?
I got it. I'll add it to my repertoire.
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Easy answer is to take off all the wheels and set them so all the valves are at the top of the wheel. When you park up next time you roll forward until the driver's side one is near the top so you know all the others will be too. Local tyre place will probably think you are an obsessive compulsive that can't drive unless all the valves are in absolute alignment but at least you won't have to be a contortionist :-) If you paint the valve cap a bright colour then it will be easier to see when you park up. If you are really obsessive then a small mirror at the right height at the side of the car would be easier to look at than craning your neck to see out of the driver's window... Maplin do small mirrors on hinged poles which would be idea for hanging out of the side of the car to check that your valve is at the top quarter.
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If you prefer to check and adjust your pressures at home, but cannot abide the toy inflators normally available, you could try one of these, its unbelievably quiet and pumps at an astonishing rate, its also connected direct to your battery by croc clips.
I had to get a second one for my mate as good pssoibility mine would be going walkabout.
tinyurl.com/5go4ys
I like your idea teabelly, its a bit involved though getting a full time 4WD car and having all the diffs welded up to keep those brightly coloured caps in the same place..;)
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"its unbelievably quiet and pumps at an astonishing rate"
tinyurl.com/6cc7av
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Oilrag, you need help, couldn't possibly use that air pump for that dodgy looking diver, two reasons, you'd have to triple filter the air and the croc clips would slip off under water..;)
All the best on this dreary day....
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roll forward until the driver's side one is near the top so you know all the others will be too.
During normal motoring all the wheels turn at different speeds. Please fell me you weren't serious. Or perhaps you were? ;-D
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>>>Please fell me
Silly Thread material, but no need for such drastic action, surely?
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snipquote!During normal motoring all the wheels turn at different speeds. Please fell me you weren't serious. Or perhaps you were? ;-D
But they will all coincide again at the top at intervals. All you have to do is stop at that point and check the pressures. Simply position 2 helpers on each side ready to raise their arms at the right moment.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 26/08/2008 at 12:42
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But they will all coincide again at the top at intervals.
Yeah, right! By the time that happens the car will undoubtedy have been scrapped.
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L
sheer genius :-)
JH
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None of my tyres has one valve, let alone two.
Regards,
ifithelps aka Peter Pedant.
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None of my tyres has one valve let alone two. Regards ifithelps aka Peter Pedant.
The thread title says wheels/tyres specifically to cater for the pedants!
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None of my tyres/wheels, which are all fitted with inner tubes, has one valve let alone....I'll stop now.
How about a fuel filler cap on each side to save dragging the filler hose around the car/having to remember which side to pull in?
Old XJ6, anybody?
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None of my tyres/wheels which are all fitted with inner tubes has one valve let alone....I'll stop now.
Don't stop, I'm intrigued as to how you get the air into the tyres.
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How about a fuel filler cap on each side to save dragging the filler hose around the car/having to remember which side to pull in?
And what about having two steering wheels and an extra set of pedals so that SWMBO can instantly take over instead of moaning at our driving styles.......
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Why does my car have two recesses under the boot lid for you to put your fingers in to pull the boot lid closed? Purely for convenience, that's all. I just want two valves for convenience. If they offered it as a factory-fitted option I'd pay for it. There must be many drivers who aren't as young and supple as they used to be who would welcome the chance to have two valves. It's just one more step towards avoiding being relegated to a mobility scooter.
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It's justone more step towards avoiding being relegated to a mobility scooter.
Do they have bivalve wheels?
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It's just >> one more step towards avoiding being relegated to a mobility scooter. >> Do they have bivalve wheels?
Most of them.
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