Source for aircraft-friendly tire gauges?

Good afternoon.

I recently bought a tire inflator from Griot's, to add to my A&P toolkit.
Unfortunately, it incorporates a schrader valve chuck that is unsuitable for
aviation use. It is much too large to fit most small aircraft tires, and it
has a large "mouse ear" that must be folded over to grip the valve. It is
more of a bicycle or automotive accessory with this particular chuck
attached.

Any suggestions for where I might find a slimmer schrader valve chuck to add
to this unit? I am looking for the type that pushes onto the valve and
automatically locks, and is released with a small lever on the side.

Thanks
-Mark

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:52:08 -0800, Jim Stewart <jstewart@jkmicro.com>
wrote:

>Mark G. wrote:
>> Good afternoon.
>>
>> I recently bought a tire inflator from Griot's, to add to my A&P toolkit.
>> Unfortunately, it incorporates a schrader valve chuck that is unsuitable for
>> aviation use. It is much too large to fit most small aircraft tires, and it
>> has a large "mouse ear" that must be folded over to grip the valve. It is
>> more of a bicycle or automotive accessory with this particular chuck
>> attached.
>>
>> Any suggestions for where I might find a slimmer schrader valve chuck to add
>> to this unit? I am looking for the type that pushes onto the valve and
>> automatically locks, and is released with a small lever on the side.
>
>The only thing I've found that would work
>on my tires and pants is the old traditional
>pencil style automotive gauge with the sliding
>scale.

Oops -- you didn't read the OP's post carefully enough. He is looking
for an INFLATOR that will fit, not a tire gauge.
--
Jay (remove dashes for legal email address)

Mark G. wrote:
> Good afternoon.
>
> I recently bought a tire inflator from Griot's, to add to my A&P toolkit.
> Unfortunately, it incorporates a schrader valve chuck that is unsuitable for
> aviation use. It is much too large to fit most small aircraft tires, and it
> has a large "mouse ear" that must be folded over to grip the valve. It is
> more of a bicycle or automotive accessory with this particular chuck
> attached.
>
> Any suggestions for where I might find a slimmer schrader valve chuck to add
> to this unit? I am looking for the type that pushes onto the valve and
> automatically locks, and is released with a small lever on the side.

The only thing I've found that would work
on my tires and pants is the old traditional
pencil style automotive gauge with the sliding
scale.

Jay Somerset wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:52:08 -0800, Jim Stewart <jstewart@jkmicro.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Mark G. wrote:
>>> Good afternoon.
>>>
>>> I recently bought a tire inflator from Griot's, to add to my A&P toolkit.
>>> Unfortunately, it incorporates a schrader valve chuck that is unsuitable for
>>> aviation use. It is much too large to fit most small aircraft tires, and it
>>> has a large "mouse ear" that must be folded over to grip the valve. It is
>>> more of a bicycle or automotive accessory with this particular chuck
>>> attached.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for where I might find a slimmer schrader valve chuck to add
>>> to this unit? I am looking for the type that pushes onto the valve and
>>> automatically locks, and is released with a small lever on the side.
>> The only thing I've found that would work
>> on my tires and pants is the old traditional
>> pencil style automotive gauge with the sliding
>> scale.

Yup, you're right. You get a gold star.

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:24:33 -0400, Jay Somerset
<jay-1941-@m> wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:52:08 -0800, Jim Stewart <jstewart@jkmicro.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Mark G. wrote:
>>> Good afternoon.
>>>
>>> I recently bought a tire inflator from Griot's, to add to my A&P toolkit.
>>> Unfortunately, it incorporates a schrader valve chuck that is unsuitable for
>>> aviation use. It is much too large to fit most small aircraft tires, and it
>>> has a large "mouse ear" that must be folded over to grip the valve. It is
>>> more of a bicycle or automotive accessory with this particular chuck
>>> attached.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for where I might find a slimmer schrader valve chuck to add
>>> to this unit? I am looking for the type that pushes onto the valve and
>>> automatically locks, and is released with a small lever on the side.
>>
>>The only thing I've found that would work
>>on my tires and pants is the old traditional
>>pencil style automotive gauge with the sliding
>>scale.
>
>Oops -- you didn't read the OP's post carefully enough. He is looking
>for an INFLATOR that will fit, not a tire gauge.

That's what the subject line is asking for. I just glanced over the
post and came to the same conclusion you did.