Slightly OT: Air Con compressor.

Been looking at fitting a propriotry compressor to pump tyres etc to a V8
110 but been horrified by the price of these units. Is there any reason why
I could not use an air con compressor say off a range rover to do this?

Gerald

Idris wrote:

> Been looking at fitting a propriotry compressor to pump tyres etc to a V8
> 110 but been horrified by the price of these units. Is there any reason why
> I could not use an air con compressor say off a range rover to do this?
>
> Gerald

There's lots about this out there - search for "on board air". One of
the advantages of going down this route is that get volume - something
rather lacking in the cheap and nasty electric solutions. Try these
for a start:

http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/yorkair.html
http://www.totalparadox.com/jeep/pics/mods/html/oba.htm
http://www.onboardair.com/
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/t.molnar/Obair.htm

The Sanden does have the disadvantage that it does not have a separate
sump for lubricant. This is not a major issue and can be overcome by
periodic manual lubrication or an oiler on the air inlet.
It is however more compact. Tends to be the preference for cars these
days.
http://members.cox.net/rough-riders2/tech_page/sanden_OBA/sanden.html
http://home.san.rr.com/rambler/jaircomp.htm

This is old research - apologies if any of the links are now dead.

"Dougal" <DougalAThiskennel.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Idris wrote:
>
> > Been looking at fitting a propriotry compressor to pump tyres etc to a
V8
> > 110 but been horrified by the price of these units. Is there any reason
why
> > I could not use an air con compressor say off a range rover to do this?
> >
> > Gerald
>
> There's lots about this out there - search for "on board air". One of
> the advantages of going down this route is that get volume - something
> rather lacking in the cheap and nasty electric solutions. Try these
> for a start:
>
> http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/yorkair.html
> http://www.totalparadox.com/jeep/pics/mods/html/oba.htm
> http://www.onboardair.com/
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/t.molnar/Obair.htm
>
> The Sanden does have the disadvantage that it does not have a separate
> sump for lubricant. This is not a major issue and can be overcome by
> periodic manual lubrication or an oiler on the air inlet.
> It is however more compact. Tends to be the preference for cars these
> days.
> http://members.cox.net/rough-riders2/tech_page/sanden_OBA/sanden.html
> http://home.san.rr.com/rambler/jaircomp.htm
>
> This is old research - apologies if any of the links are now dead.
>
Wow what a response, will take me a while to read this.

Thanks

Gerald

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:45:42 +0100, "Idris" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Been looking at fitting a propriotry compressor to pump tyres etc to a V8
>110 but been horrified by the price of these units. Is there any reason why
>I could not use an air con compressor say off a range rover to do this?
>
You see the odd ex-101 ambi compressor on ebay (101 ambis came with a
belt driven compressor, air tank and respirator packs/masks in the
back)

Tom Woods <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:45:42 +0100, "Idris" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Been looking at fitting a propriotry compressor to pump tyres etc to
>> a V8 110 but been horrified by the price of these units. Is there
>> any reason why I could not use an air con compressor say off a range
>> rover to do this?
>>
> You see the odd ex-101 ambi compressor on ebay (101 ambis came with a
> belt driven compressor, air tank and respirator packs/masks in the
> back)

Last tank on a couple of days ago sold for 99p too...

Pumps are a PITA though as they block access to the dizzy bolt for timing.

Lee D

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 20:45:42 +0100, "Idris" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Been looking at fitting a propriotry compressor to pump tyres etc to a V8
>110 but been horrified by the price of these units. Is there any reason why
>I could not use an air con compressor say off a range rover to do this?
>
>Gerald
>

Gerald,
We sell two options for onboard air compressors. We have an 8cfm
MODIFIED air con pump that runs on grease rather than oil - the
benefit of this is that you get clean air rather than oil infused air
like when running un-modified units. The other option we have is a
10cfm dedicated air compressor that has a twin cylinder, seperate oil
sump arrangement.

The modified air con pump comes with Multi-V electric clutch and the
10cfm is available with either Multi-V or standard double 2A V-Blet
clutch.

If you would like further info, drop me an email - address here:
http://www.ventureoverland.com/Contact_us.html
or remove the .nospam from the repy address.


Regards,
Jon
VentureOverland
http://www.ventureoverland.com
Regards,

Jon
VentureOverland
http://www.ventureoverland.com