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A compressor from a caddy is interesting. What year's are they in and where in the car are they located. On my next trip out to the scrap yard ill see if i can get one.
Well, i don't know the size of what i'm getting yet. I haven't even picked one out, but i was going to mount it somewhere in that compartment wherer the jack is located. On the fender or something like that, but i'll have to see about the size.
Originally posted by Namitey A compressor from a caddy is interesting. What year's are they in and where in the car are they located. On my next trip out to the scrap yard ill see if i can get one.
The problem with the Caddy (or any other factory compressor used for air ride) compressors are that they are only designed to inflate 2-4 air bags and are plumbed using 1/8 I.D. hose. They have no volume only pressure. They are also only designed to run for very short peroids of time (inflating 4 tires will kill one). If you have air bags or air shocks they are worth looking into, for anything else forget it.
I've got the QuickAir2 and the tank in my X. I love it. I've ran some extra lines to under the hood and can air up all 4 at the same time no problem. It does take awhile if doing that though. It also runs air tools no problem. I changed a tire the other day on the roadside and the tank held enough to take off all 5 lugs with no problem. I've got my compressor in the rear jack area and the tank mounted onto a storage area I've got. I'm currently looking to move the tank to under the truck though.
I was thinking a good place for the tank would be under the rear where the spare tire was. That is if you've removed it... That is where mine will reside. There is enough room for 2 tanks...
I was thinking about the same place fischer. I've got that rear tire carrier now, so i was going to remove my little tire winch thing and make some brackets to fasten a tank to.
Lee--about how much was that compressor if you don't mind me asking? Remember where you got it from?
Well I wanted to go onboard air. If you're going to do something do it all the way. Since I'm going on board air i decided to not put in the detroit and get an ARB. My compressor of choise is the Quick Air 3. It will inflate like a 33 or 35" tire in 80 sec. With a small tank it will run air tools. This is my choise, but it also runs $399.00 retail.
There are other compressors available that are cheaper. CO2 or Nitrogen work well to for airing up enough to get to a gas station. Us j##pers use to convert our air condition compressors into an air compressor. Heck, goto the junkyard and pick up a york compressor, make a bracket, and there you go, a high volume compressor. We also use to make custom front rock crusher bumpers and use them as sealed air tanks as well. Tons of options, all depends on how fancy, and expensive you want to get.
Well I ordered a compressor today, this is the one i ordered: 100 series
It should be all i would need.
Now comes the fun part. I'm going to hard mount this baby, so here are my questions:
1-What size of a relay, do i need a relay?
2-This isn't going to work like a compressor in my garage by shutting off at a certain PSI is it?
I've got some tanks i'm going to use, just need to modify them a little bit. I'm just going to have to fill the tanks as needed i guess when i'm airing up or running a tool for minute right?
QuickAir makes a kit that will turn the compressor on and off at a set PSI. The kit I used was set to turn on at like 80PSI and off at like 125 or something. I'm not sure if they'll work for other tanks and compressors though. All they are is a valve that you hook the ground wire from the compressor to. When the PSI hits 80 the valve grounds the compressor to turn on, when it hits 125 it breaks the ground and turns it off.
I'm planning on turning the rock sliders from Gloria into an air tank to use along with my regular air tank. I'm planning on mounting the tank under the truck to free up some room. This setup works well, but the tank, install kit, and compressor does run a nice price tag... not sure if I'd do it again.
