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I took my car to the dealer last week to change the oil and filter. They wanted to rotate the tires for $20 (no) But they also wanted to replace the air in my tires for another $20. (Not just no but HELL NO!!!)
Has anyone ever heard of this before? I've been places where they wanted to put nitrogen. Never heard of wanting to replace the air with air.
Some places still offer N2 as fill for tires. As a thirty-plus year Journeyman Mechanic, the only place where the stability of using N2 in tires would be in severe duty or racing applications. Period.
I As a Jet Mechanic, Nitrogen is used for Tires for 2 Reasons - first, it does Not Shrink in extreme Cold, so on Landing, the Tires are not Under-Inflated. 'Extreme Cold' Means -50 Degrees Celsius or Colder, for up to 16 Hours of Flight. The second reason is Fire Suppression - In the event of a Brake Fire during a Panic Stop, the Nitrogen not only won't help the Tires Burn, but the Fusible Plugs in the Wheel let the Nitrogen deflate into the Brakes. That prevents the Tires from Exploding, as the Passengers get herded down the Escape Slides.
Twas reputed to make the tires last longer and or run cooler. I pointed out to the tire tech one time that regular tire air was already 78% nitrogen, and I was only willing to pay for the 20% he was going to replace, not the whole thing.
Predictable deer in the headlights result. Sales guys through it was some kind of magic gas or something.
Had to work on a few of those. If you quietly watch a shop when one of those pull up, everyone who knows anything about them all of a sudden has other more urgent stuff to do.
Back in the 80's, the GM plant that made locomotives in London, Ontario, had to prove performance of a new loco made for someone in Europe (Ireland?). Anyway, they only had a half mile of track of correct gauge, and were under time constraints, so no can do.
They hired some outfit with a vehicle like this to transport it to the local airport. Then a specialty air cargo outfit running one of the ginormous Antonov's, specially rigged to load the loco, was to fly it to Europe to finish testing.
It was written up in a professional trade magazine, before yootube was a thing, so no videos at the time, but the tech problems they had to work out were interesting.
AFAIK, the loco arrived in one piece. Aircraft buffs showed up en mass, just to watch the takeoff.
That looks questionable for getting under ANY overpasses.
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DeleteThrere's a cooler one out there. Its a video of the relocation of a German U-boat, from the water to a museum ( i think, my german is very rusty.)
ReplyDeleteI took my car to the dealer last week to change the oil and filter. They wanted to rotate the tires for $20 (no) But they also wanted to replace the air in my tires for another $20. (Not just no but HELL NO!!!)
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever heard of this before? I've been places where they wanted to put nitrogen. Never heard of wanting to replace the air with air.
Anyone else run across this?
Some places still offer N2 as fill for tires. As a thirty-plus year Journeyman Mechanic, the only place where the stability of using N2 in tires would be in severe duty or racing applications.
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I As a Jet Mechanic, Nitrogen is used for Tires for 2 Reasons - first, it does Not Shrink in extreme Cold, so on Landing, the Tires are not Under-Inflated. 'Extreme Cold' Means -50 Degrees Celsius or Colder, for up to 16 Hours of Flight. The second reason is Fire Suppression - In the event of a Brake Fire during a Panic Stop, the Nitrogen not only won't help the Tires Burn, but the Fusible Plugs in the Wheel let the Nitrogen deflate into the Brakes. That prevents the Tires from Exploding, as the Passengers get herded down the Escape Slides.
DeleteTwas reputed to make the tires last longer and or run cooler.
DeleteI pointed out to the tire tech one time that regular tire air was already 78% nitrogen, and I was only willing to pay for the 20% he was going to replace, not the whole thing.
Predictable deer in the headlights result. Sales guys through it was some kind of magic gas or something.
Had to work on a few of those. If you quietly watch a shop when one of those pull up, everyone who knows anything about them all of a sudden has other more urgent stuff to do.
ReplyDeleteCan't they ship it by rail?????
ReplyDeleteBack in the 80's, the GM plant that made locomotives in London, Ontario, had to prove performance of a new loco made for someone in Europe (Ireland?). Anyway, they only had a half mile of track of correct gauge, and were under time constraints, so no can do.
ReplyDeleteThey hired some outfit with a vehicle like this to transport it to the local airport. Then a specialty air cargo outfit running one of the ginormous Antonov's, specially rigged to load the loco, was to fly it to Europe to finish testing.
It was written up in a professional trade magazine, before yootube was a thing, so no videos at the time, but the tech problems they had to work out were interesting.
AFAIK, the loco arrived in one piece.
Aircraft buffs showed up en mass, just to watch the takeoff.
Video here
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There more of the unloading at the other end.
Looks like your mom made a freight train turn down a dirt road.
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