We planned to kayak today. In fact, when we woke up today, we put on our kayak duds.
But we needed to check our tire pressure before we move tomorrow, so we went outside to do that. Yup, low. So we brought out the portable air compressor to top up the tires before kayaking.
The air compressor wouldn't put pressure in the tires. What's up with THAT???
Eventually, we decided that the pressure gauge, which was in the air compressor hose line, may have gotten fouled and was keeping the air from passing through it to the tires.
Off to O'Reilly's Auto Parts. No replacement hose. Then NAPA Auto Parts. "Well, we don't have a replacement hose, but we have these parts you can use to fix it." Okay. $18 later, we're home trying to fix the hose.
Doesn't work.
Guess we'll try to get a new air compressor. $90 at O'Reilly's Auto Parts. Back to O'Reilly's we go. Got the new air compressor.
Start filling a tire. BOOM! A hole blows in the new air compressor's hose. Cheap Chinese air hose. Cut the hose and splice it with the parts we originally got from NAPA to fix the first air compressor hose.
Success. We finish topping off the tires.
Now it's 3pm. I guess we're not going kayaking.
Oh, well, only an hour until Happy Hour.
At least THIS didn't happen...
Cheers!
So what caused the low tire to begin with? Keep watching all your tire pressures.
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