1950s Broken Tire Inflator - Restoration

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1950s Broken Tire Inflator with Pressure Gauge Restoration - Ceccato. In this video i'm restoring a broken italian tire inflator with pressure gauge from the 1950s. Like, comment, subscribe. I found this tire inflator with pressure gauge, which dessperetly needed a restoration. It was broken. Air was leaking everywhere, the handle wasn't working properly anymore and the pressure gauge didn't work either. This was definitely the most challenging restoration i did so far. I hope you like the result and the video. Timestamps 00:00 preview and pretesting 00:59 disassembling 04:18 cleaning the parts with the partswasher 04:31 restoring the body 05:46 making a new bolt for the handle 06:11 restoring the handle 06:41 restoring the nuts 07:04 making new gaskets for the nuts 07:13 restoring the valve 07:47 making new gaskets for the valve 08:09 making a new glass for the pressure gauge 09:05 making a new gasket for the glass of the pressure gauge 09:22 making a new dial for the pressure gauge 11:27 the issue with the pressure gauge 12:03 making a distance disc for the pressure gauge 12:43 restoring the cover from the pressure gauge 13:14 making 10 new tiny bolts for the pressure gauge 13:47 restoring the case from the pressure gauge 14:42 restoring the tube with the valves 15:31 restoring the blue handle 15:46 making a new gasket for the pressure gauge 16:20 overview before assembling 16:52 assembling the body 18:33 assembling the tube with the valves 19:24 assembling and adjustment of the pressure gauge 21:42 showing off the finished product 22:47 final test If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible. Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english. Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-) My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics