Snagged a cheap double piston Vevor inflator... for $88 including shipping.

[Bandit’s Lair]

So... After much back and forth, I decided to fill the over ugga-dugga'd fitting with Steel Stick and try to tap it out.

It worked, sorta. I had to remove the aluminum "manifold" from the piston and then drill that out. It works well enough with a slight leak to fill the tires up and fast. When I get a moment I'm going to hit the areas I worked on with CA glue and epoxy to grab whatever hair line leak I have.

It's now residing in the bed with a larger air hose from my pancake compressor I never use and an inflator.

This is the thing with Vevor stuff. If you don’t mind putting a little elbow grease into stuff it can save some cash and work just fine.

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[BourbonRunner]

Thank you for sharing this, I just bought 2, been looking high and low for one since my Napa order got canceled, not willing to pay the 250+ they are now lol.

NP. And yes, these things got stupid expensive. From what I gather the NAPA model is now completely different than before.

While mine was apart I ordered another one from Amazon just in case I needed it on my road trip. I compared the two and the $150 Kohree brand one was not quite as refined as the milling on the Vevor. Once I got back in town and hadn't used it I sent it back to Bezosmart and got the Vevor operational. I should be getting a little surf fishing in next week if all goes well to test it fully.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

I went and double checked, almost ordered the single piston, need to make sure you have the "color" 127D selected for the dual.

 

[BourbonRunner]

I went and double checked, almost ordered the single piston, need to make sure you have the "color" 127D selected for the dual.

Yup. I almost bought the single cylinder, too.

Something else to add:

The type of tap that the Chinese use is an odd metric that doesn't quite line up with US NPT fittings.

After I filled the existing hole with Steel Stick I tapped it with several smaller bits leading ultimately to a 9/16" and then used the 1/4" NPT tap to thread it. I wound up jettisoning the Chinese fitting adapter and just went with a 2.5" 1/4" NPT out of the manifold and into the T. I used teflon tape on the T-fittings but Loctite pipe dope for the manifold connection.

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