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Re: tire changer

To: Dave Williams <dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
Subject: Re: tire changer
From: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 20:43:55 -0800
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <435616.7.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
Dave Williams wrote:
> 
> -> I suspect this thing was made by someone else and labeled for Sears,
> -> but I don't know where to start looking for parts or repair.  Sears
> -> is no help at all.
> 
>  Coats is your major player, then FMC, and lately a few imports.  I'd
> try Coats first... aaahhhh... dang, I have a manual for mine around
> somewhere... try your Yellow Pages and call one of the places that
> carries supplies for tire stores and see if they have the number handy.
> Chances are 9 out of 10 Coats made the thing.  If you can describe it,
> or fax a picture to them, they might be able to tell what model it is.
> 
> -> about 5' long, 3' high not counting the post. The former owner says
> -> the cylinder is worn out. I took out the cylinder and it is sealed.
> 
>  If it's leaking air badly it might have a worn packing.  Since it's
> sealed and doesn't work anyway, you might try cutting off the very end
> of the cylinder and dismantling it.  There's not much in an air
> cylinder.
> 
>  A hydraulic repair shop should be able to re-tube the cylinder if
> needed.  Hydraulic cylinders are welded, so service requires cutting end
> ends off and putting them on a fresh tube.  Here in East Jesus there are
> more hydraulic shops than computer stores.
> 
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> 

Sears started with "Coats 1500" and then progressed upwards from there, 
but the first 20 years of Sears tire shops were "Coats", beleive I know I 
help open the first mega store in Arlington, Va. in 1961.


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