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25/8/2019 at 10:36pm
Location: Derby.
Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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The valve core remover tool is readily available throughout the internet, but under the circumstances, I'd just go to Halfords tomorrow (or any other motor spares shop that may be open). It's a schrader valve, but all you need to know is that it is the same valve as a car tyre. The sooner you have one, the better!
They can be small fiddly tools, or something resembling a small screw driver. If you have the option, go for the latter.
Remove the valve core/inners to deflate. Once it's rolled up and bagged, you can either put the cores back in, so it's ready to inflate next time out, or keep them safe until you are ready to pitch again. First option is best!
When inserting, just nip them up. Do not over-tighten them.
When removing them, slowly unscrew, but keep a thumb/finger on it, and gently allow it to come out. It's handy to have spares, as it's a skill in itself to remove them without them being ejected half way across the campsite! You won't need to "pull them out". The air pressure will do that, as you unscrew it!
As with your car tyres, it's handy to have dust caps too. The cleaner they stay, the better they seal/longer they will last.
Not only is the pressing down the centre pin to deflate (as you had to do) very slow and tedious, but it also stops the last of the air to be squeezed out of the tubes, as you roll the tent up. That'll be why you couldn't zip the bag up, but I have to say, you did extremely well to get it that far!
As well as the video in the link above, If you google "Replacing a car tyre valve core", I'll be very surprised if there are less than half a million videos on You tube!
Just one example here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNrWHXfUIrI
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