4.3LXJ
10-23-2009, 07:22 AM
I didn't want to high jack a thread, but here is my set up using a AC compressor. I still wanted to retain the AC because I'm a wuss and it gets hot here in the summer.
The compressors I got for $220 each back east. The manifold and pressure switches etc came from Kilby Enterprises.
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0073.jpg
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0075.jpg
Here is the things you will need for a basic system. On the manifold, there is a pressure switch that turns the compressor on and off. Mine stops at 140# These compressors will put out 300# and not even strain. So you also need a pressure relief valve, the little thing with the ring on it because these compressors can blow something if you just leave them run. The check valve is there too, but it just looks like a brass fitting. They are handy to keep the system from bleeding down through the compressor when not running.
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0074.jpg
The air chuck is on the front bumper
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0077.jpg
The finished product
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0078.jpg
The rack of relays on the top of the air intake tube control the air valves that flush the separator when the compressor shuts down and returns oil to the crank case.
The hardest part of this is the lubrication. I wanted a no brainer the wife could operate, as well as constant air anytime to operate the ARBs going in soon. But if you are just using it for tires at the end of the trail, then the vegetable oil thing works too.
The compressors I got for $220 each back east. The manifold and pressure switches etc came from Kilby Enterprises.
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0073.jpg
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0075.jpg
Here is the things you will need for a basic system. On the manifold, there is a pressure switch that turns the compressor on and off. Mine stops at 140# These compressors will put out 300# and not even strain. So you also need a pressure relief valve, the little thing with the ring on it because these compressors can blow something if you just leave them run. The check valve is there too, but it just looks like a brass fitting. They are handy to keep the system from bleeding down through the compressor when not running.
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0074.jpg
The air chuck is on the front bumper
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0077.jpg
The finished product
http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/warriorsuspension/IMG_0078.jpg
The rack of relays on the top of the air intake tube control the air valves that flush the separator when the compressor shuts down and returns oil to the crank case.
The hardest part of this is the lubrication. I wanted a no brainer the wife could operate, as well as constant air anytime to operate the ARBs going in soon. But if you are just using it for tires at the end of the trail, then the vegetable oil thing works too.