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Steve Jelf
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by Steve Jelf » Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:42 pm
...making them difficult to use.
No. As usually sold, they are impossible to use. Why? Because they are sold with a modern chuck on them, not a Model T era chuck. How can a pump without a check valve possibly work? By relying on the valve in the tube stem to perform that function. A modern chuck has a center post that holds that valve open, rendering it inoperative. Install an old style chuck without a center post on your pump, and it works just as well as it did a hundred years ago.
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1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
