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on board air
Post by stanman on Oct 9, 2006, 8:32pm
Hi guys. I am planning an onboard air system in the future and I have an AC compressor, but im not sure what type it is. Would it be easy to convert this one to an air compressor? I pulled it off of a 318 poly.
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/4669/dsc00343wj7.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5110/dsc00344ty0.jpg
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8571/dsc00346ak1.jpg
any ideas?
Re: on board air
Post by elwenil on Oct 10, 2006, 7:09am
Google that around a bit and you should find a page or two dealing with using those as OBA compressors. According to some, they will run air tools no problem. I plan on running one on my 318 in my 715 at some point in the future.
Re: on board air
Post by stanman on Oct 10, 2006, 8:42am
What make of pump is it?
Re: on board air
Post by elwenil on Oct 10, 2006, 11:39am
Chrysler designed and built. Think of it as two Yorks put together in a V configuration. The advantages of running this pump are the obvious twin design, and the fact that it has it's own dedicated oil system with crank driven pump.
Re: on board air
Post by gimpyrobb on Oct 10, 2006, 2:29pm
Hey lanty, are you sayin that it has 4 pistons, or 2 larger pistons?
Re: on board air
Post by barrman on Oct 10, 2006, 3:27pm
I used the big York for my OBA with M35 air tanks under the bed. I love it. Matter of fact, it made my 500 mile drive last weekend able to be completed. Here is the parts place that has all the "standard" OBA parts.
http://www.kilbyenterprises.com/
I am at home with my sick son right now. At work I have 5 or 6 more OBA sites saved to the favorites and they are mostly write ups and low dollar tech for OBA systems. Plumb it however you want, but 2 of us here on the Zone have learned from experience that at least 1 foot of metal tubing needs to be between the compressor and the flexible airlines in the system.
Reply to this thread tonight or tomorrow and I will remember those other links.
Re: on board air
Post by elwenil on Oct 11, 2006, 7:17am
Quote: <TABLE class=bordercolor cellSpacing=1 width="90%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><TABLE class=quote cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%">Hey lanty, are you sayin that it has 4 pistons, or 2 larger pistons?</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Two piston in a V configurations. When disassembled, it is very much like a small engine complete with crank, rods, heads, etc. Cool little machine that is typically overbuilt for early mopar stuff.
Re: on board air
Post by barrman on Oct 12, 2006, 8:44am
Here are some links:
http://www.jeepshots.com/tech/air.html
http://www.visi.com/~bsimon/jeep/my_air.html
http://www.4wdproducts.com/index.htm
http://jeepfrog.com/78cj5/mods/air/york.html
http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/yorkair.html
Most of the above sites have tons of links inside them. Follow them and you will spend days looking and learning.