i have an '87 f-150 and one of my friends with a bronco 2 is tellin me that you can turn the ac pump into and air compressor, hes already half way done with it, and i want to do it too, but inorder for it to make enough pressure to run air tools you have to take some pressure regulater out of it. we were lookin at the pump today and figured that the regulater must be inside the pump, does anyone know where it is and how to take it out.

 

How big of tank do you have to pump/store the air in?

The regulator attaches to it.
You can by one at any store that sells air compressors.

Campbell-Hausfield for instance has replacement regs.
I even have an extra one here for mine.



Dennis



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the guy that my friend talked to said that you dont need to run it into an air tank, just strait off the ac compressor. so there has to be a regulator inside the ac pump, cause this guy said that he got his to produce 90psi. im kinda sceptical about this, thats why im litten my friend do it first, so i can see how it goes.

 

I can tell you this will work. Not for long. Yor air conditioning system has oil in it. The oil is moved around by the refrigerant. It does not matter if it is R-12 or R134a. Without the refrigerant the pump will eventualy seize. On my 86 Rust Free Red I have a compressor, I use it for blowing up my air mattress or the tube for behind the boat. If you want to use your commpressor look for the acumulator (it is cylinder about 4x6 inches) there will be a two wire plug on it, this is used to shut the compressor down if the system is low on refrigerant. Put the two wires together and the compressor will run. Remember that the compressor will run in the defrost mode. Any way the compressor on my truck will last because it is a older compressor which has a sump in it. It does not rely on the refrigerant to circulate the oil to it. I have a cut out on it so at 125psi it shuts off and at 90psi it turns back on. The air tank replaced the spare tire.

Any questions I will try and help!

 

ive been told that mine was one of the ones that doesnt need oil, the guy that told me even offered to buy it from me because of that.

 

I am not sure of that, I am no saying you are wrong. An air con system will run up to at least 300psi befor the releif valve goes. So I do not know why you are talking about a regulator problem.