Originally Posted by
merziac
I also have a J Blow that my kid uses, it was cheap at Performance, $19.99, I never did like it but he gets along with it just fine.
This all brings up a conundrum we often see here and it is interesting to me.
We fix many abstract problems on our bikes, the list and and reach are often nothing short of amazing.
I will always tear it down, inspect, evaluate, hack, fab, beat my head on the wall, etc.until it is fixed or cannot be so.
This mindset is invaluable in the long run as it expounds on your skillset and eliminates a lot of what ifs, do's and don'ts along the way.
I apply it to everything like this I encounter.
Well, I don't know why you're assuming that's not what's happening here! When my Silca floor pump started leaking, I replaced the gasket, sealed everything as well as I could, and eventually ordered a new pressure gauge/base as that was the source of the leak. Of course, the one they provided in 2002 wasn't even a close fit for the one I had bought in 1982, so I moved on. Did end up selling it on eBay, even non-functional, for a very good price (which is also the C&V way).