SO I'm talking to a friend of mine and he said that he has heard that people can swap out their AC compressor for an air compressor and mount a tank and have on board air? Is this possible? If so WHERE CAN I DO THIS NOW!!???!!!??!?!?!?!?!

 

I am slowly working on this same thing on my truck. I took off the lines, and unbolted them from the compressor to weld some standard fittings so i can hook up regular air lines to it. I am using a breather filter on the intake side, and i have a quik coupler on the high pressure side now. I need to find a tank to mount under the bed, and some other things

I want a one way valve in line to the tank, i have a filter (to filter out oil)
Which is another problem. our compressors do not oil themselves, the used the refrigerant to oil the pump. So you just need to squirt a little air tool oil in there every once and a while

Ill keep you updated with my system, but itll be a while, im making steps, modifying a rollbar to fit, and making a new set of bumpers. So its kinda on the backburner as of now.

 

pretty common modification for the hard core wheelers. maybe go to the off road forum here or a off-road board and search for more info.

 

That would be awesome, i dont have a working ac anyways and plus i carry a gas powered compressor in the truck. Could kill 2 birds with on stone that way.

 

My dad had a few old junk air compressors laying around, and I took one and am currently trying to hook up a 12v air compressor to it. That way I can use the huge semi horn I have behind the grill. . Its a work in progress, but should be done soon.

 

i did some searching a while back havent done it yet but this guy gave a great writeup with pics York air compressor

 

I thought about this overnight, now it is a good idea dont get me wrong but, how many people want to leave there truck running for extended periods of time, especially a gas job. I think if theres a way to mount my little single cylinder honda motor on the truck to turn the compressor, it would be more eficent on gas then my windsor. Anymore thoughts and ideas let us know

 

this idea is for quick trail fixes and airing tires up after trail riding,not meant to replace a shop air compressor. There are some decent ones that are battery powered also and can be mounted in fairly small places if you don't want an engine powered one.