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Apr 14, 2007 | 10:13 PM

richsoucie

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on board air question

anyone know how to modify an ac compressor to have a grease fitting like the one in the picture below

Apr 14, 2007 | 11:12 PM

fishmanndotcom

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you might help us out with the model of compressor before we go spouting off how to modify it. they arent all the same and i have yet to hear of one using a grease fitting. all the ones i have dealt with or read about use oil or refridgerant

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Apr 14, 2007 | 11:24 PM

richsoucie

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oh yeah sorry it is a sanden 508

Apr 15, 2007 | 01:44 PM

Tom92F150

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OooOOoo.... My AC is about worthless lately and I've been trying to decide the best way to get OBA on my truck. If I can use the stock compressor by modifying it, that'll be money!

Apr 15, 2007 | 01:53 PM

Tom92F150

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Looks like a lot of jeep folks just plumb an air tool oiler into the suction side and a water/oil separator into the pressure side. Looks pretty easy that way. I dunno about grease fittings, though.

Here's the first page google coughed up:

http://members.***.net/rough-riders2...BA/sanden.html

Apr 15, 2007 | 03:16 PM

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From: MARYLAND

All that is-is a filter on the air intake side. I have the A/C pump on my offroad truck converted to air compressor. To oil it i just dump a half cap of air compressor oil in the intake side every few months. The old 12a pumps dont require a lot of oil. 134a pumps require lots of lube and don't work well for OBA. This here is what mine looks like..