On board air compressor
Thread Starter
|
More Turbo
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 668
Likes: 54
On board air compressor
Hey guys,
I know its been done before but I cant find how. I have a 7.3 diesel with air conditioning. I never run the A/C and it leaks so im not going to bother fixing it. Iv herad that people have turned the A/C motor into an air compressor to fill air tanks. I plan n doin this to run air horns and air bags. Any ideas how to convert the air compressor??
Thanks
I know its been done before but I cant find how. I have a 7.3 diesel with air conditioning. I never run the A/C and it leaks so im not going to bother fixing it. Iv herad that people have turned the A/C motor into an air compressor to fill air tanks. I plan n doin this to run air horns and air bags. Any ideas how to convert the air compressor??
Thanks
Senior User
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 215
Likes: 0
Havent done it but I would think it easy to plumb.. just run the charge line with a 1 way valve to a tank, replace the return line with a filter and use the AC clutch as the on/off switch. The part Im not sure about would be the lubrication since the R134 takes care of that in a closed system??
Posting Guru
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,006
Likes: 2
From: CASA GRANDE AZ
Posting Guru
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,069
Likes: 1
From: Toledo, Ohio
Yup I did it for a while. You need to manually oil the compressor because it was built to be oiled by the freon going through it and that is gone. I did it for a while and it worked well.. Mine eventually seized up due to age (happens even with working a/c systems) so I just switched to a stand alone compressor.
As for the semi compressor mod for a vehicle, thats pretty awesome but probably pretty expensive also. I have air shocks and horn on my truck... If I had more it might be a good thing to do the install.
As for the semi compressor mod for a vehicle, thats pretty awesome but probably pretty expensive also. I have air shocks and horn on my truck... If I had more it might be a good thing to do the install.
Thread Starter
|
More Turbo
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 668
Likes: 54
X
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
braduh60
1987 - 1996 F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
2
Aug 6, 2012 09:18 AM
