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From: darryl@ISM780.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Tires, or lack thereof...
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Date: Sun, 19-May-85 06:41:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 19 06:41:00 1985
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Nf-From: ISM780!darryl    May 19 06:41:00 1985


>>       P.S.  If you use one of the engine compression type pumps,
>>       start out by turning off your fuel, run the engine dry,
>>       remove your plugs, connect one cylinder up and run the starter
>>       to pump your tire.
>>
>>               --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.

>And, DON'T do this ("remove your plugs ... and run the starter") if
>you have a solid state ignition system, unless you know it's safe.
>I refer specifically to the pointless ignition systems supplied on
>BMW twins from 1981 on.  The ignition "black box" will self-destruct
>if it fires into an open circuit (disconnected spark plugs)!

Hmmm.  You make a very good point (!), and I think I agree with you, but
I did this on my 1982 BMW R65 with no problems.  Just lucky, I guess.
Of course, you could remove the plugs from the cylinders and lay them,
still connected, so that they were grounded, right?  Just don't get
too close.

	    --Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp.
	    ...!cca!ima!ism780!darryl
	    The views expressed above are my opinions only.