Onboard air has always been something I've wanted on my truck. Recently I learned about York 210 A/C compressors and there great capabilities as an air compressor. I have a 1997 7.3 and it looks like I am going to have to fab up my own bracket but you PSD guys are lucky, someone just began producing a mount that goes on top of the engine between the Alternator and A/C compressor. Anyways they are going for a steal at 400 dollars. Quite a bit less than the other guy producing these mounts. Have a look for yourselves here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-3-powerstroke-diesel-engine-driven-air-compressor-mount-/251753584925?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

 

hmm interesting....

 

Yeah....but how could you generate air to fix your broke truck....when your truck is Broke?

 

most OBA system owners will have a 5+ gallon air tank mounted somewhere on their truck. At least they should
Mostly used for airing tires up, remove tires, fill air bags etc etc.
Not so much to air wrench parts off a broken truck. unless it isn't your truck obviously

 

A York compressor becomes a lot more feasible, pretty cool! Turn your truck into a mobile shop. If there is no problem with hood clearance and you can just bolt it on and use an off-the-shelf serp belt, he's gonna sell some of those.

Great pic of the front of the motor too. Shows almost everything on the front of the engine. Would it be OK for someone (any volunteers?) to label the components for instructional purposes? Even has the manual truck coolant sensor.

 

I had a Zena welder on mine for years and, from the pick you posted, you are going to have some issues with the hood insulation. I had to cut mine out around the Zena Alt. to have enough clearance. Having onboard air is great when you need to fill tires or help change tires. I don't run an extra tank, just run the air straight from the winch.


EDIT: That pick still looks too high to close the hood but maybe its just the angle of the pic

 

where did he get the pulley?

 

He mentions that he has a cowl indunction hood and it might not clear a normal hood. I'm not sure it just looked really promising to me and I had to post it.

 

You can get the pulley for about 85 bucks on eBay.

 

He says he hasn't sold any yet. He thinks there might not be a market for them. I know there has to be people out there that want it. EBay just isn't the first place they would look. I'll try to list the components the best I can when I get home tonight. Finding a belt will be easy and you should always keep a spare just incase. The hood clearance is going to be a problem. I haven't seen this in person bit he says a factory hood might not clear. He has a cowl induction hood.

 

Electric Compressors only last so long before your batteries are dead. You know what would be cool a York 210 with an electric helper compressor... 😏 but yeah 5 gallons of air won't last too long.

 

its pricey add on,but i guess if you wanted something unique

 

I've been "watching" that bracket for months. He hood clearance is/will be an issue for anyone without a modified hood.

I want onboard air and plan to add it. The York is good because it can sustain the needed air for tools. Electric units will really need to work hard to handle these large tires.

The $400 price tag is what keeps me from going forward with this. I need to add a hood and all fittings. This will be a $2000 mod in the end!

Nice machine work!

 

A York 210 can flow 8+ CFM. It would take 8 viairs to do that. It's more than unique.

 

It's really not pricey in the grand scheme of things. A Viair costs 200 dollars and produces an 1/8 of the air. Yeah the hood situation sucks but we don't know it won't clear a stock hood yet. From the picture I think it would but that's just me. The only other bracket that exsists cost 800 bucks and you have to use a sanden compressor. But it will for sure clear the hood.