Manifold for air compressors

Submitted: Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:06
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For anyone wishing to permanently mount a compressor in their vehicle and have various outlets available , here is a site worth looking at.

http://airbrushbodyart.com.au/hoses_and_manifolds.htm

Sorry, but making this into a link is a bit beyond my technical know-how....but you can copy and paste it.

Cheers

Roachie
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Reply By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:44

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:44
Website

That's pretty cool... Probally solve some of the small leaks I've got with all my "t"'s and joins etc!

Hey Roachie, I just whacked some new Truck Horns in the surf last weekend... LMAO man, now the accelerator vibrates when I toot them, it's fantastic!

Trouble is I think I need a bigger air tank now!
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 13:13

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 13:13
Yeh mate, the 2 litre tank should be okay for most morons that you want give a bit of a hurry-up to....but a bigger tank would be kewller....

haha

Roachie
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 15:25

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 15:25
MMM how much air do you need?
i like the idea of making others vibrate
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 15:33

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 15:33
I've got a 1/2 Gallon Tank at the back of the vehicle plus about 20 meters of friggin hose. I was getting stacks out of the little horns but these big mothers only go for about 2-4 seconds before the air compressor cuts in, I still reckon they'd go for about 10 seconds which is plenty (I havn't really gone much more than 2 seconds as they are tooooo loud).
But maybe a bigger tank would be cool.

It's loud enogh to make you jump from inside the car! LMAO.
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 16:56

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 16:56
all i want to do is make the other wankers jump! hahaha
i gotta get some of these hehehe
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 23:50

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 23:50
I still want either the air horn off a train (bloke in the club is workin on this), or one that sounds like a machine gun.
failing that a proper 12 volt steel Klaxon
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 07:45

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 07:45
like thisat 152db
I couldnt afford the compressor needed to drive it!
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:23

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:23
Thats the one Nudie..

try the demo sound
http://www.wolo-mfg.com/837.wav :D
It smells nicely of please would you consider moving out of my way...
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:47

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:47
it smells like its price!
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:49

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:49
I never even looked at the price :o

but yea... I like the idea...
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:56

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:56
That's kinda what mine are like, mind you it doesn't have that train sound :-(
Mine are only a twin.

They had been sitting at my local auto shop for YEARS. The cardboard box was all starting to fall apart. They were labeled 24v.

I decided to see what the guy would do on them for me as I already had a my ARB pressure switch, so I figured if he'll do-em cheap I'll just hook it up that way.

$20 bucks the man says. Thank you, he even chucked in a few air fittings and said he was glad to get rid of them!

Turns out the air solinoid (big arse chrome one like the one in the picture in your link) was rated 12-24v and works a treat straight of my normal horn relay! LAMO!

WOOHOO!

Man I'm rapped!
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Follow Up By: viz - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 19:39

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 19:39
Ha! I'm gonna get one!!!

One of my customers supplies trains with horns (Knorr-Bremse) hmmmm wonder how I can get one...?

Now I have the air capacity I'll *find* the room for one of those mothers...

Endless Air also supply manifolds (lets try this...):

this link

/viz
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Saturday, Jun 04, 2005 at 00:01

Saturday, Jun 04, 2005 at 00:01
Viz, I'll take 1 too thanks :)
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Follow Up By: viz - Saturday, Jun 04, 2005 at 08:56

Saturday, Jun 04, 2005 at 08:56
You drive the getaway car??? ;)

/viz
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Saturday, Jun 04, 2005 at 17:29

Saturday, Jun 04, 2005 at 17:29
no point all three of us being there...grab 1 for me too...pleeeease!
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Reply By: Vince NSW - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 18:20

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 18:20
Jeff & Roachie,
I have now got a Subaru Forester as a work car. Great little unit for country and city work, but the horn. I used it the other day when a ^&*$ ran me off the road and it just made him laugh. ( Must admit I laughed as well)
Where do I get a air tank and a set of hornes?
Vince
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 23:55

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 23:55
Autobarn have (had - havent looked for a while) a kit with triple trumpets + a small tank for couple hundred... not bad, but its designed to be refilled at a servo... just plumb your compressor into it, and happy days.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:01

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:01
I bought my air tank from www.trucksprings.com . But you can get one second hand from a truck wrecker or I've noticed ORE in Perth now seel a rang of cool Ally air tanks.
I've just got the ol' Blue tounge hooked up of an ARB pressure switch.

But I tell you what you can do for a cheap fix. I did this recently to my brother in laws Dunnydoor. Went and got a set of those $19 supercreep auto plastic air horns and hooked them up in conjunction with his normal horns (so they both worked) and used BIG arse wire and earthed direct to the battery. Man it's actually very cool, that's one of the reasons I felt the urge to improve on mine as they were almost as good as my last set (not quite, but almost).

$19 and about half and hours work is a lot cheaper than the air tank type setup, not as good, but it'll still make you grin.
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Reply By: Member - DOZER- Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 22:37

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 22:37
Its pretty cool when you can get old grannies to give you the finger....who you werent tooting at anyway.....makes me laugh....they even lookbleepoff....
Ok im composed again......try connecting an old out of date gas cylinder to the system....they have a thread already and a drain valve for water :-)
9kg sould give you a nice 5 second blast!
I have an XPT horn......
Andrew
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 23:51

Thursday, Jun 02, 2005 at 23:51
How much for XPT horn?
Get me 1.. PLEASE!
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 07:47

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 07:47
whats an XPT horn
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:21

Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:21
XPT
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