I dont have this personally but it's what I plan on doing.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=378082

 

X2. I've got the MasterFlow. Can't beat the performance for the price. Does real great. Hook it to an air tank and you'd be set to go.

 

ive got a oasis pump mounted in my jeep. its really nice! all it is is a tecomsah A/C pump hooked to a starter motor. puts out a ton of air!!

 

Oba



any body have pics of this setup or a writeup?

 

i just got a 10lb Source tank which apparently holds the equivalent of 900 gallons of liquid C02, im very pleased with it

 

Viair 460C. same as a 450C but with larger heatsink and higher pressure capacity

 

viair constant duty.

 

So I was thinking about mounting my pump inside but thought it would be to loud? So Im wondering how loud it is.

 

cheap-o pep boys tsunami MF-1050 compressor. really fast for $50 bucks.

 

York with a 2.5 gallon tank

 

68Ci paintball tank at 4500psi regulated down to 100 psi, made from left over paintball stuff, and some parts from the hardware store.

 

im interested in how you did this , i have atleast a half dozen compressed air tanks left over from my paintball days

is thier a write up ?

 

i got the max air. for now it is in the bag it came with, but i will mount it soon.

 

I got the max air too and am pleased with it's perfomance so far. In order to get an accurate reading on the gauge, you have to turn off the pump. But compared to my other tire pressure gauge, it is accurate.

 

10lb CO2 tank, soda regulator and MF-1050 just incase the CO2 runs out.

 

I'm running the compressor out of a portable unit that I mounted on the ABS tray. I just recently got a tank that will be mounted underneath once I've got some more time on my hands. It's all plumbed and wired so I can access the air from the front bumper, and turn it on and off from the driver's seat. It's not fast, but it was cheap. When this compressor dies, and I know it will, I'll replace it with something better.

FWIW,
Adam

 

Dont mean to hijack the thread but I bought a MV50 portable air compressor a few months back and it works fine but I was thinking about mounting it in my Jeep somewhere and hardwiring it to my battery. Then hooking it up to a air tank. I think it would fill my tires quicker if it were coming from a filled 5 gallon air tank rather then the MV50. So what I would do is use the compressor to fill the air tank then use the air tank to fill my tires... or wait till the air tank was about half full and start filling my tires while the compressor was running. Does anyone see anything wrong with this idea?

 

Nope! If you use an air tank it sure will decrease the time it takes to air up

 

I run a sanden belt driven compressor and my front bumper is my tank, I also have a litle viair 92c as emergency backup in case the sanden were to fail plus I have extra ports so I could hook up an external air source if I needed. I was going to go electric in my wife's but have decided to put a sanden setup in hers I have everything except the compressor at this point. My mother's jeep is setup with a viair 480c and a small 1 gallon tank and it works great for running her lockers and airing up her dinky tires. Ontop of all that I have a portable box I built real quick that has 2 viair 480c's and a diehard p4 to power them and it works great.

 

My mother's jeep is setup with a viair 480c and a small 1 gallon tank and it works great for running her lockers

Wait... YOUR MOM'S JEEP HAS LOCKERS??? MY JEEP DOESN'T EVEN HAVE LOCKERS!

 

I got one from Pep boys for $39 that you plug into the cigarette lighter. It works fine. You can't run tools but it will fill tires. Just don't be in a hurry

 

Not portable, but I've got the powerplant HD winch.

 

Another MV50 user. Like it so far!

 

The key specification to keep in mind for an OBA system is the compressor's CFM rating, not its air pressure rating. For example, a compressor rated at 5 CFM and 100 psi will refill a tire twice as fast as a 200 psi compressor rated only at 2.5 CFM. The tiny compressors sold in most stores scream in big letters how high of a pressure they can pump to, like even 220 psi, but they'll take all day to fill a big tire. And few portable compressors even put out 1 CFM.

Personally, I'm running a York F210 a/c compressor for my OBA and it puts out 6-7 CFI which is as much as some big shop compressors. It cost me $30 at a local junkyard. The rest of the parts I needed to turn it into a real nice OBA system ran the total cost up to around $300. In nearly 8 years of use, it's been 100% perfect with the only thing it has ever needed was a new drive belt which it finally needed this past weekend. It also runs my air tools on the trail (which need a lot of CFM) and my train air horn.

 

York oba is the way I'm going. Picked up a compressor for $35 and am slowly gathering parts.

 

York compressor with 2.5 gallon tank. :thumbsup:

 

Puma system disassembled and made a permanant fixture of my Jeep, it works GREAT!

 

I am running the Pepboys MV compressor and it works great for $50. A tank will only increase the over all time it takes to fill the tires because you first have to wait for the tank to fill then you have to fill the tires. It will decrease the time you have to spend bent over filling the tire though. The main thing people use onboard tanks is for the ability to run air tools. I plan on building some bumpers this spring and turning one (maybe both) in an air tank.

 

A tank will only increase the over all time it takes to fill the tires because you first have to wait for the tank to fill then you have to fill the tires.

No it doesn't and having an air tank significantly reduces the overall time of refilling four tires. Even if you start with an empty tank. First, a properly designed system won't have you starting off with an empty air tank. My tank and OBA system will hold air for months... literally. Second, if it's not still full of air, you just start the compressor as you begin getting ready to refill your tires and the tank will be full by the time you start. It will give each tire a sudden inrush of a huge volume of air which significantly reduces the time to refill. As that sudden volume depletes the tank, the compressor will refill it as you continue filling the tire and if the compressor is any good as my York is, the tank will be full by the time you're connected to the next tire.

An air tank isn't just good for air tools, it helps with everything. And if your compressor can't put out enough air volume for air tools, having a tank will not help you run them effectively.

 

Here's where I got my inspiration. I'm not going to be building something quite so intricate, but similar.

HTH,
Adam

 

Sanden OBA, love it! 2.5 Gallon tank and going to get a bigger tank and stick it under the jeep some time down the road when I get larger tires.

 

I have the A/C to OBA using the stock Sanden. Heres my tank, I think its about 2 gallons. Its and old firefighter air tank. Set at 160PSI but I might lower it. I have so I can remove it and drain water out of it/take it to another vehicle if neccesary.