Mounted air compressor

Roachie, what did you use for the 3ltr tank ?

G'day again Bob,
I'm just going through all my inbound emails and am replying to various questions (we've been away to Coffin Bay for Easter....fantastic spot!!).
My 3ltr tank came as part of the air-horn package I purchased several years ago from Adelaide (I was actually living in Cooma NSW at the time). It's a cylindrical steel tank which consists of 2 halves that have been welded together around the girth. It has 2 brackets welded to provide a mounting medium. In one of the slightly dome-shaped ends, it has 3 tapped holes (1/8" bsp I believe). One of the those holes was fitted with a small gauge, which I removed and is the one I've mounted on my "A" pillar. So now the holes are used for....(1) air inlet from compressor....(2) air hose to back of cargo area....(3) air hose to the front of vehicle as described on previous posts.
I don't believe the Grand Vitesse air horns are available for sale in Australia any longer. I rang the company about 2 years ago to see if I could get a air solenoid (if that's the right term) and the lady said her husband had recently died and she was quitting the import business.
Cheers,
Roachie

Thanks Roachie, thats a bugger we can't get them anymore as it sounds perfect.

Bob,
I reckon the fire extinguisher idea is the best way to go. I'd prefer to have one instead of/as well as the 3ltr tank I currently use. The fittings would simply be fitted using a manifold onto the top of the FExt with enough drilled and tapped holes to take the required fittings.
There is a commercially available manifold which I saw on a web-site recently. Can't remember the name at the moment, but I'll look it up if I can stir the grey matter up enough...LOL
Roachie

we sell the air manifold Roachie is talking about.

Some picks of it here and some pics of the air fittings setup i have here also:

http://www.offroader.com.au/airfitting/airfitting.html

For more info, steven@ooa.com.au or 0419 304176

Steve

Steve,

Thanks very much for those photos mate......it really shows a lot of deatil about how the various fittings work together. The fire extinguisher idea is almost exactly what I'm trying to achieve except that I thought it might be better to have an inlet hose permanently attached and maybe do something else with the trigger system to keep the neck open all the time.
I notice the last photo you have there is of an ARB solenoid used for air lockers. Do you know if that solenoid would work as the means of activating a set of air horns? (would it allow sufficient volume of air to flow quickly enough to get the horns to blast?)

Thanks

Roachie

indeed...

My Fire Extinguisher is a portable setup @ present as is my ARB Compressor.

When the storage unit gets fitted to the Prado with a Max Air, It will have the tank permanently mounted, and the air manifold mounted near the back of the storage for easy access for airing up the tyres...

The ARB Solinoid might do the trick, i have 2 spare if you want to borrow one to try it out?

Steve

Steve,
Thanks for offer mate, but don't worry about it. I don't think they're too expensive and I probably should carry a spare for the air locker anyway.

When you mount your FE, will you make sure it's upside down so any potential moisture build up will tend to drain out by gravity? I have thought of using a FE the same size as yours, but mounting it horizontally on a chassis rail under truck, but am concerned about moisture build up and rust etc. Wouldn't really want to drill a hole on bottom side of cylinder and put a tap as it would be prone to being knocked off....but maybe a 1/8bsp plug would be okay?
Cheers,
Roachie

Mate... It is a WATER Fire Extinguisher.... designed to hold water (aka moisture) under pressure.... rust will no be an issue....

just unscrew the top once ever 3-4 months if your paranoid, nothing to worry about in my opinion.....

Steve

Yep....my ARB is in the engine bay and have never had a snag....gets bloody hot AND has no thermal cutout but the ARB man said "don't worry about that" - "just us it"....he might have been right. I have a hose that I snap on for trailer work and the lot is plumbed to a high pressure PVC (plumbing bits) tank....works for me.

Brad,
Banjo's comments below prompt me to say that I've run a line to the rear of the Cruiser so that I can snap in a hose for the trailer etc - works so well I'll run another line to the bullbar so that there'll then be no need to open the bonnet no matter which tyres need attention.
Db