Converting a 9 Litre Fire Extinguisher into an Air Tank

January 8, 2007 at 7:54 pm · Filed under Tech

After a hard trip the time consuming need of airing up ones tyres can be a royal pain in the preverbal. To increase the efficiency of any on board compressor, a decent sized air tank can speed up the process. Here we look at a common way to solve this problem using an easily obtainable 9 Litre Water type fire extinguisher.

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Air Transfer Hose

January 2, 2006 at 4:36 pm · Filed under Tech

A handy little Gadget to Carry….Jamec Female Coupling with Air Chuck – It seals with Air pressure this you have in the ‘free’ end of the hoseJamec Male Coupling and Clip on Air tyre inflator, I hook this straight on my spare tyre (which sits around 50-60 PSI for a 4wd trip) and the hose [...]

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Fitting 16inch Rims on a KZJ120 Prado – 120 Series

October 15, 2005 at 5:00 pm · Filed under Tech

We regularly get asked what size tyres and rims we are running on our KZJ120 (2003 Toyota Prado TD GX). The answer is 285/75/16 Tyres on 16×8 Roh Trak II rims. Being released with 17” rims, the front brakes on a standard Prado will not fit a 16” Rim. This unfortunately leaves a selected range [...]

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