Uses for Vehicle mounted Compressors

[Moriarty]

If you have a vehicle mounted compressor, you have fitted it for two reasons, blow up tyres and/or run your air-op difflock.

If your 4wd is IFS, and has vacuum hubs, and you have already, or are considering converting to manuals, also consider this.

Vac hubs.

Cut the Vac line to the hubs high up in the engine bay.
Block off the end that leads to the vac system.
Fit an air regulator in the engine bay and feed it from your compressor.
Adjust the reg to around 2 to 2.5 PSI and take the output from it to the old vacuum lines that lead to the hubs.

This will pressurise the hubs to a low rate, and blow water etc away from the two main ways it can migrate in to the hubs and then eat your wheel bearings.

I realise that others may have already thought of this, but thats the way it goes!!

[Moriarty]

If you are one of those "lucky" people who have a Nissan Safari, (there's two sorts of luck!!) and the Diff oil is migrating past the inboard seal and leaking out around the swivel housing.......

Drill and tap a hole into the hub, somewhere safe on top where it wont get wiped off, and thread a brass hose tail fitting into the hole. Around 3/16 to 1/4 hose is fine, left over airline from the locker install is good too!!

Join these two together and install a tee joint, then, feed in low pressure air as in the previous post.

DIS-ESTABLISH any diff pressuring airline and vent the diff to atmosphere up high, and any air leaking past the inner seal will keep water out of the dif anyway.

Should also work for Toyotayotas

Thanks to Reece for triggering the thought.

[Bubba]

If you have a vehicle mounted compressor, you have fitted it for two reasons, blow up tyres and/or run your air-op difflock.

I hate to correct you Bob........ Nah I don't, I love correcting you! There are more than two reasons to have a compressor onboard. Airbag suspension for one. Sooooo blow-me ole man

[bruntonjm]

If you have a vehicle mounted compressor, you have fitted it for two reasons, blow up tyres and/or run your air-op difflock.

I hate to correct you Bob........ Nah I don't, I love correcting you!
Sooooo blow-me ole man

dont say that to him, he is old and does have false teeth.....

[SV1K]

If you have a vehicle mounted compressor, you have fitted it for two reasons, blow up tyres and/or run your air-op difflock.

I hate to correct you Bob........ Nah I don't, I love correcting you!
Sooooo blow-me ole man

dont say that to him, he is old and does have false teeth.....

And you know that how JD?? .... uuumm no don't answer that really...

[Moriarty]

If you have a vehicle mounted compressor, you have fitted it for two reasons, blow up tyres and/or run your air-op difflock.

I hate to correct you Bob........ Nah I don't, I love correcting you! There are more than two reasons to have a compressor onboard. Airbag suspension for one. Sooooo blow-me ole man

So I guess you use YOUR compressor to blow up that airbag you got hangin' over your belt, Bubby?
Up to THREE other uses now.....

[Moriarty]

If you have a vehicle mounted compressor, you have fitted it for two reasons, blow up tyres and/or run your air-op difflock.

I hate to correct you Bob........ Nah I don't, I love correcting you!
Sooooo blow-me ole man

dont say that to him, he is old and does have false teeth.....

False teeth, yup, REAL brain, Yup
direct opposites, aint we Danger Mouse?