How To Build An Air Compressor system for your 4x4

[@franciskelly2000]

Have you noticed any difference with the check valve that doesn’t have the leak off ? Is the pump under pressure starting up ?

[@jt-gm6ji]

Good looking truck💪 thanks for the video, I'm planning on doing the same to my 99 xj

[@codymoncrief2128]

Since the factory fittings are actually steel, you can weld on standard steel npt (3/8 npt is good size) pipe nipples to them to convert to standard threads. Also, an unloader valve is only needed on electric air compressors, whereas the engine is already running when the compressor is engaged.

[@chaoticmuscles]

Love the truck and set up mate, i wish there were more of them around here in Aus!

[@windage]

nice..I run Warn 8274s on my stuff too...old school winch can pull hell through a knot hole

[@ronremer6545]

get yourself some Rector Seal great for sealing and keeping metal threads from corroding also lubes as it never hardens. like your truck my pop has a 78 been stole twice and got it back.. that bed tank looks quite old. i like to replace any tank that holds pressure aftef 10 yrs regardless of how it looks (welds degrade w/expansion/contraction pressure). just my 2 cents. cool build!

[@davecrx2000]

that's pretty awesome can i do the same kind of set up on my 77 gmc?if i can what materials do i kneed? please help?????? thank u dave

[@berserk7111]

PVC becomes very brittle very fast with direct sunlight. Could become dangerous, after awhile, under pressure.

[@JUNKYARDGTO]

bad ass I just picked up a York 209. I'm about to hook up in my mud truck. do you have to oil it or does it have its own?

[@bermudez8185]

What kind of oil should be put in these to keepp them maintained. I just got one and I am in the process of placing new gaskets and cleaning up the unit. Thanks

[@thekingofcows]

30 weight works fine

[@datsun510wanted]

good video . how long did the setup take to finish building?

[@thekingofcows]

It's hard to say how long it took to build. There have been several iterations of my onboard setup on this truck. The bracket consumed the most time, but still only took a few hours. Provided you have all the parts, a setup similar to this could be finished in a weekend.

[@The1richman4u]

why are your gauges inside the cab? seems to me going in the cab to look at the pressures and work the switches is inconvenient encounter logical period seems you would want them near where your outlet connections are or somewhere more useful then climbing in and out of the cab.

[@skullkrusher420]

Um the trucks got to be running to power the pump

[@maximo979]

How did u convert the a/c fittings to npt?

[@thekingofcows]

I threaded some pipe sleeves onto the ac fittings that were the same thread pitch. Pipe threads are tapered and AC fittings are not so I used a lot of teflon tape. I wouldn't recommend going that route though; instead, take the ac fitting completely out and drill and tap 3/8" NPT inside the two threaded flanges and screw in 90 degree 3/8" street elbows.

[@kurtmoore9131]

I want to do a crazy one. im a broke engineer college kid. im think about doing something like this and have one or two regulators like 5psi to 8psi and use the air as a Supercharger. Any in put ??

[@thekingofcows]

Save your pennies, that won't work.

[@powercar9000]

Kurt Moore no where near enough cfm to use as a supercharger, ac compressor starts at like 12 cfm where a v8 engine probably eats around 750 cfm on a naturally aspirated engine you would need way way more air

[@mazada420]

ive head of a system like that on transports, stealling air from the brake systems and forcing it into the intake to get psi up to over come turbo lag

[@kurtmoore9131]

Drew Wilso I've been looking and trying to find info on cfm on motor. But no luck...any help where to look or what to look up?

[@mazada420]

If you find it let me know, im just short of bench testing one