Thread: Engine mounted, belt driven air compressors? Has it been done?

Yes it's been done.
Have a read of this thread.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...-defender.html

Tony

Originally Posted by weeds

Not bagging....fact

Buy one, fit it and give us a review........there is a reason we had a bin full of them in the workshop. We ended up with little blue compressors with alligator clips as a replacement so go figure.

They might of have improved there design......since the early/mid 90's, happy to be proven wrong.

What exactly was wrong with them? I am interested enough in them to want to email the people and find out if they have improved them over the years or not. Just need to know where they fell short...

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

I'm.quietly.certain that there's some fool on this forum who made an air compressor out of a York reciprocating ac compressor a starter motor from a petrol series and some other miscellaneous junk. Then went and used it in support of a cape York trip.

I run a twin piston York compressor in the 101. It fills a 24 litre tank to 110PSI in under a minute at idle. Biggest problem with the York units is their physical size. Not sure how much room you have in the Deefer.

Originally Posted by weeds

If it's the twin piston jobbies I doubt they would have survived this long.........they were pieces of crap to say the least and removed from all the 6x6 I came across, we had bins full of them

I was more thinking of the concept of the mounting etc...

But yes, you are spot on wrt the pumps quality. I distinctly remember thinking the same thing when I first saw my new crew cabs in 92/93. The front pulley wheel appeared very flimsy.

Cheers,

Pete

Originally Posted by BadCo.

What exactly was wrong with them? I am interested enough in them to want to email the people and find out if they have improved them over the years or not. Just need to know where they fell short...

The over speed thow out used to stay engaged die to lack of servicing and then the rings would melt.


Good if looked after but only.marginally better than a 12v dc co oressor of similar disolacmenr. Due to enibe speed limits before the throw out was supposed to disengage it.

I run a York style compressor on my SIIa using a home made bracket. I feed it into an old 240v compressor tank, which still has all the original fittings. The pressure switch turns the compressor on and off, with an override switch in the cab. I have used it to run a 3/4" rattle gun, a die grinder and a paint sprayer. The compressor has not been modified in any way. I generally run the engine at about 1000rpm for inflating tyres and 1500rpm for the more air demanding tasks. Beware though, when it comes time to inflate your tyres after a drive through sand, your friends will want theirs done too. I can usually do three cars in the time the fourth uses his electric compressor.
Aaron

Originally Posted by BadCo.

What exactly was wrong with them? I am interested enough in them to want to email the people and find out if they have improved them over the years or not. Just need to know where they fell short...

Pretty much what blknight said...........plus they used to leak air at each end of the block between the cylinders.......we looked after ours as Everyman and his dog didn't drive it. Output was average as well.