York air compressor, 22RE
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York air compressor, 22RE
I want a reasonably priced air compressor and I hate waiting forever to fill up my tires. I thought it would be a fun project to mount a York compressor from an old domestic car to my 22RE. I've read a bit on Pirate4x4 about this, but I want to know if anyone without extensive fab experience has pulled this off successfully, also, how much did it cost?
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I don't have any ARB's but in theory, yes, it would be brilliant for that. Most expensive electric compressors put out 2cfm or so. The York puts out 9cfm.
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Hey guys see this:
http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/yorkair.html
(I know I know, from a Jeep link ACK)
http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/yorkair.html
(I know I know, from a Jeep link ACK)
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I bought my York today, its a 9 cubic inch model and the clutch works. I am not sure about how I am going to go about fabing a bracket, but perhaps I will start with a 22re air conditioner bracket. I've also hear a 22R smog pump bracket works. I've never seen one before though. Any ideas??
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...I miss mine...I had a york fabed up in my TLC which ran into an old fireman's tank. It was awesome - it would easily run my impact gun for a few bolts before having to kick it on to refill the tank- but more times than not that was enough.
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Bought an AC bracket today, I still have the Chevy bracket that the york came with, which has the larger of the two metal plates. I chopped the off with my grinder so a third of the adapter bracket is done for me. Yippee.
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I don't want to spend much on an air tank. I think something around 1-5 gal would work well for my needs. The York puts out around 7cfm (the large Viair puts out 3cfm). I really don't even need a tank, just a large manifold. Can I get a metal pipe, cap both ends, and tap some holes into it? Is this safe?
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I don't want to spend much on an air tank. I think something around 1-5 gal would work well for my needs. The York puts out around 7cfm (the large Viair puts out 3cfm). I really don't even need a tank, just a large manifold. Can I get a metal pipe, cap both ends, and tap some holes into it? Is this safe?
Well, maybe I would, but you shouldn't. Maybe you could get a pipe that has threads on both ends already so you can put a screw on cap, then you could weld the caps closed. But still, I wouldn't trust a pipe that's been welded on for anything that's going to be put under pressure.
The absolutely easiest thing would be to go and get yourself one of those mini 1-5gal propane tanks for like $5, and call it a day. They work great, I've used them many times before.