quote:Originally posted by Panterror:
BTW Aus Ford, I really like your use of that SD508 as an onboard air compressor……very clever…..good on ya.
Best,
K
I used to live in a rural area many miles from a gas station and transport so to have the ability to pump up the tyres any where was a real Godsend.
It's simple to do and works really well.
You just need to set up a simple dry sump lubrication system for it as A/C compressors are lubricated by oil travelling through the system with the refrigerant.
Obviously that doesn't happen with air and you can't fill the sump with oil as SD508 doesn't have one and any level of oil in the compressor would back up against the bottom cylinders go past the single compression ring (no oil scraper) and be pumped out with the compressed air.
We could start a whole thread on this. PM me if you re interested in more detail.