Originally Posted by Miele Man

How many bicycle pumps do you know of that can be run over by a car and still work or repaired to work for many years more?

I had a Zefal HP pump that had been run over and and partially flattened by a car. That was at a bike shop where the customer bought a new Zefal HP pump and told the shop to trash the damaged one. They gave it to me when I asked them for it. I took it home, got an appropriate diameter wood dowel and chamfered the end of. Then I lubricated the inside of the pump barrel and the outside of the dowel. I then tapped the dowel down into the barrel of the pump twisting and removing the dowel at intervals so it'd not get stuck. The next day I took that repaired Zefal pump back to the shop and showed it to them. They were absolutely amazed to see it brought back to life and working again. they even tested it to make sure it was functioning. I had that pump for years afterwards.

Cheers