Pressurized TPMS & multiple tire sets ?
01-25-2008, 06:20 PM
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Pressurized TPMS & multiple tire sets ?
I read in a previous thread that some members have put the tire sensors into a pressurized container, allowing them to swap multiple tire sets without the hassle of reprogramming or purchasing multiple sets of sensors.
Does anyone have a description or explanation of how that container was made?
Does anyone have a description or explanation of how that container was made?
01-25-2008, 06:50 PM
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3" PVC white PVC pipe.
Threaded plug ends
Drill holes in the PVC pipe so the Schroeder valve of the TPMS can stick out. Label the valves, RF, PF, RR, LR
Make sure the there is an air tight fit of the valves and each pipe end.
Mount in the center of the car, between the seats in back
Put in 32 PSI though one of the valves.
Program the TPMS as you would each wheel.
Friend of mine here in Raleigh has made 3 or 4 of them this past year.
Threaded plug ends
Drill holes in the PVC pipe so the Schroeder valve of the TPMS can stick out. Label the valves, RF, PF, RR, LR
Make sure the there is an air tight fit of the valves and each pipe end.
Mount in the center of the car, between the seats in back
Put in 32 PSI though one of the valves.
Program the TPMS as you would each wheel.
Friend of mine here in Raleigh has made 3 or 4 of them this past year.
01-25-2008, 06:57 PM
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3" PVC white PVC pipe.
Threaded plug ends
Drill holes in the PVC pipe so the Schroeder valve of the TPMS can stick out. Label the valves, RF, PF, RR, LR
Make sure the there is an air tight fit of the valves and each pipe end.
Mount in the center of the car, between the seats in back
Put in 32 PSI though one of the valves.
Program the TPMS as you would each wheel.
Friend of mine here in Raleigh has made 3 or 4 of them this past year.
Threaded plug ends
Drill holes in the PVC pipe so the Schroeder valve of the TPMS can stick out. Label the valves, RF, PF, RR, LR
Make sure the there is an air tight fit of the valves and each pipe end.
Mount in the center of the car, between the seats in back
Put in 32 PSI though one of the valves.
Program the TPMS as you would each wheel.
Friend of mine here in Raleigh has made 3 or 4 of them this past year.
would this person manufacture them for sale, perhaps?
01-25-2008, 07:12 PM
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Here's a link to a thread where forum member Cucchiara was about the first one to make and report on one of these cannisters. Scroll down to post #13 for a picture:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1478530
AU N EGL's explanation above is right-on. I would probably only have one hole in the cannister for one of the valve stems to stick out. I'd pack the others inside. I think one hole might lessen the possibility of leaking.
You're going to have to register the sensors with the TPMS computer in the car before you put them in the container and glue it together. They are too close to each other to be able to individually trigger them if they are as close as in the picture of Cucchiara's cannister. The ideal thing would be to have a cannister you could open up. If you did put your street wheels with sensors back on the car and do a relearn procedure for them, the next time you wanted to use the cannister sensors you'd have to open the thing up to get them far enough apart to trigger them one-by-one with your tool when did a relearn procedure to register the cannister sensors again.
Good luck,
Bob
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1478530
AU N EGL's explanation above is right-on. I would probably only have one hole in the cannister for one of the valve stems to stick out. I'd pack the others inside. I think one hole might lessen the possibility of leaking.
You're going to have to register the sensors with the TPMS computer in the car before you put them in the container and glue it together. They are too close to each other to be able to individually trigger them if they are as close as in the picture of Cucchiara's cannister. The ideal thing would be to have a cannister you could open up. If you did put your street wheels with sensors back on the car and do a relearn procedure for them, the next time you wanted to use the cannister sensors you'd have to open the thing up to get them far enough apart to trigger them one-by-one with your tool when did a relearn procedure to register the cannister sensors again.
Good luck,
Bob
01-26-2008, 09:31 AM
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what my freind did was also use a PVC X pipe, with one sensor at each end of the X in the plug.
I asked him about making some for others, he said he was a bit too busy, with 4 race cars, two SRFs and two C5Z06T1
I asked him about making some for others, he said he was a bit too busy, with 4 race cars, two SRFs and two C5Z06T1
