Which Compressor

I have one of these mounted behind the passenger seat wired up via a switch on the roof consol,

Made in USA

Also have a second as backup, a Blue Tongue , but this twin Tongue would be a good one also

Twin Tongue

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Goona,

If I was in the market for one, the new ARB portable compressor would be my choice.


Bill.

The new warn ones are nice, and are starting to become available in Australia. See:

http://www.warn.com/truck/air-compressors.shtml

otherwise, one of the viair ones, see here:http://www.viaircorp.com/productmain.html

Why don't you rebuild it?

We have the new hi volume ARB compressor and it works well, gets a bit hot.

Goona,

I had a weak moment in an ARB store a little while ago and for no other reason other than the fact that I wanted one I upgraded from the old ARB compressor to the new one.

I did a time test from 18psi to 35psi using the old one and the new one prior to taking the old one out and the new one is about twice as fast.

The other advantage was that it plugged straight in. The old harness & the new harness differ only in that they use a 30A maxi blade fuse in the wiring harness rather than the standard blade fuse.

They bolt in the same spot. The new one is much more flexible in the mounting arrangements.

I'd just pull the old one out and put one of the new ones in. You'd get away without changing the fuse holder - I did, but had to up the 25A fuse to a 30A fuse.

I can't stand carrying something that takes up extra space that I can permanently mount in the vehicle.

I don't know the other one you are talking about from first hand experience, but I can recommend the ARB one.

Dave

I have a twin tongue mounted in each of the 4WD's and a single blue tongue in a portable carry tin............

the single is my original purchase followed by the twins over the years..........they have proved very reliable for my purposes and I have never felt tempted to try others simply because that dollar I save I may regret one day...

having said that there is a plethora of brands and prices out there to suit everyone.......some of the cheaper brands give some people a good run over the years..

ultimately the $ you spend is your decision obviously....just look carefully at the rating (continous or not) and the quality of the hose and fittings...they do get very hot at the compressor end and some of the cheaper brands fail in this area

cheers

bungarra

Possibly the best high capacity compressor available at the moment would be the Boss available on ebay. It's conciderably quicker than the new ARB compressor & even the Twin Tounge with the bonus of being continuously rated as it's fan cooled. For $495 you can get the full kit which includes air tank, heat proof hose, air switch, check valve & solinoid. Makes the twin tounge look grossly over priced particually as the quality & longivety of the unit is excellent. Have been running one of the original Big Thumper compressors (predesessor)for 7 years, at one time pumping 13 over sized tyres up in a row.
I'd toss the old ARB unit out as it's likely to sieze anyway & permenantly mount a new compressor with a hose run to an outlet at the rear of the car for your trailer.
Cheers Craig......