Aight, I have confused myself so I appreciate help, I have many questions. The way I understand it there are 3 main options for OBA. Electric, Engine Driven, and C02 tank.
C02 tank:
Lets me run air tools and fills tires quickly, but requires refills every 8-10 trips at a cost of $25 a pop and its an exchange not a refill near me, so with a cost of almost $200 for the tank and then $25 to refill this outpaces the cost of a quality electric quickly.
Electric: won't let me use air tools, but will easily keep up with my 31's and the 33's that I may upgrade to in the future, currently winning with $200 Viair 400H on amazon fairly straight forward install, but IDK if I want to add just another electrical device.
Engine Driven: This is where all of my questions lie. Ao Obviously there is the Infamous YORK, and also A/C compressor conversion. This being a DD jeep and in Texas A/C is a MUST, however I like the idea of adding another compressor to the front assembly in order to provide compressed air. I have a top mounted alternator on the '01 4.0, so I'm not sure where I could add another bracket. The York kit is way rich for me, I'm hoping to fall more in the $400 range with a converted Compressor.
Since I would be adding another compressor, would it make sense to go with a stock Sanden A/C compressor off of a Jeep and convert that to OBA, or more of a York style a/c compressor like off of a Freightliner which I think is self oiling like a wet sump engine (can anyone confirm)?
If the compressors do not self oil, do I need to add some kind of up-stream oiler before the compressor to keep it from seizing? if so, do I need to add some sort of oil scavenger if I am just using it to fill tires and all of my air tools have there own oil/water separator?
Has anyone worked out an inexpensive mounting solution for dual belt driven compressors?
Is this just going to be more of a headache that its worth, should I just give up and go with the 400h (or another 1/2 decent electric compressor) for the tires and be done?
C02 tank:
Lets me run air tools and fills tires quickly, but requires refills every 8-10 trips at a cost of $25 a pop and its an exchange not a refill near me, so with a cost of almost $200 for the tank and then $25 to refill this outpaces the cost of a quality electric quickly.
Electric: won't let me use air tools, but will easily keep up with my 31's and the 33's that I may upgrade to in the future, currently winning with $200 Viair 400H on amazon fairly straight forward install, but IDK if I want to add just another electrical device.
Engine Driven: This is where all of my questions lie. Ao Obviously there is the Infamous YORK, and also A/C compressor conversion. This being a DD jeep and in Texas A/C is a MUST, however I like the idea of adding another compressor to the front assembly in order to provide compressed air. I have a top mounted alternator on the '01 4.0, so I'm not sure where I could add another bracket. The York kit is way rich for me, I'm hoping to fall more in the $400 range with a converted Compressor.
Since I would be adding another compressor, would it make sense to go with a stock Sanden A/C compressor off of a Jeep and convert that to OBA, or more of a York style a/c compressor like off of a Freightliner which I think is self oiling like a wet sump engine (can anyone confirm)?
If the compressors do not self oil, do I need to add some kind of up-stream oiler before the compressor to keep it from seizing? if so, do I need to add some sort of oil scavenger if I am just using it to fill tires and all of my air tools have there own oil/water separator?
Has anyone worked out an inexpensive mounting solution for dual belt driven compressors?
Is this just going to be more of a headache that its worth, should I just give up and go with the 400h (or another 1/2 decent electric compressor) for the tires and be done?
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