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 Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:22 am |
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| cw |
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I usually pump in very dusty conditions so
I added a foam air filter to the intake on my
hand pump.
I know that it isn't pretty, but it is very effective
and doesn't void the warranty. After 3-4 fills it gets
really dirty.
I lightly rub in some silicone diver's grease on it's
surface to better trap airborn particles
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:47 am |
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| Rogerflat |
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That's smart CW. Now that I see you have an airforce hand pump I am really pissed off. In true form, when I orderd my Talon and pump, they emailed me back and said "air force pumps are on back order, but we can give you a comparable Benjamin pump instead." I agreed because I just was hoping to get it by this weekend, but its not coming until monday anyway. I just hope the pump they give me is adequate.
The one thing I'm good at is rigging homemade stuff like that, so I can probably come up a good filter. I was thinking about taking a standard white surgical breathing mask, cutting it to the right shape and putting that over the foam or putting it directly over the vent. I think you'd be better off using something that's already meant for filtering small particulate matter rather than devising your own filter. |
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:05 pm |
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| Slavia |
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If it's getting dirty that often I'd say you were smart to put it on. As for cosmetics - if it works, then it's beautiful.
Very similar to a lawnmower filter, where you put a few drops of oil on and squish it to distribute the oil throughout the cells. |
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:40 pm |
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I got the idea from my 500CR Honda motocross bike
(great big bore desert bike if you can hang on to it).
It has an oiled foam filter in a still airbox. Very effective
in a dusty environment. It has to be, as two strokes are
very dust and grit sensitive and any particles entering the
engine could be very expensive.
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:50 pm |
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Roger, have you checked out the photo of the Benjamin pump
at Pyramyd compared to the photo of the Airforce pump?
They look to be identical. I wonder what the country of origin
for the Benjamin pump is. |
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