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> I figure that with this new pump I can put about 1500 psi behind one of those > pistons. That's about 15 times what I used to be able to do. I used to spend > hours getting a medium stuck one apart; now it takes about 10 minutes, which > includes the fiddling time that it takes to plug the first piston opening so I > can pump out the second piston. > > I was probably close to 1000 psi with some of these pistons. At 1000 psi, there > would be about 2150 pounds of force pushing that piston out. No wonder these > were hard for me to do before. ;-p > I hope you're well-protected in case you get a cracked housing some day, Jim. You're pretty precious on the list, not to mention other people. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~