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colintandy:
looking at fitting on board air wanna do myself gonna need some direction from any one do they sell an air compressor that i can fit onto the top of engine to run to the lower pulley ect.. im sure ive seen that some place ...like the ac system any pics would be great ..went to local bp today to check tyre preasures and some CHAV has gone and cut the pipe at the nozzil the next garage was missing and so on and on...its driving me nutts least i can do me own then and can convedently air down when off roading and air back up ! :D

TimM:
Would it not be easier to buy a 12V compressor and carry it in the back? Less than £20 for some, a relatively disposable price, no extra work for your engine (running the compressor all the time) and easily transferrable vehicle to vehicle - either when you swap cars, or if you have more than one car.

Just a thought  :wink:

Damonski:
Ive seen some pics of a disco with a air compressor behind one of the boot side panels, unsure what purpose it actually served but a spin off was that it could be used for tyre pressures.

personally I prefer and use the 12v portable compressor idea.   For mine I chopped the lighter plug off, extended the cable and use a 12S plug and the permanent live feed on the 12S socket.  Dont know how that is rated on the normal L/R wiring, but I have a 30amp cable running there.  All my accessories have 12S plugs on them  :)

ChrisW:
I believe Wizard set his motor up with a small tank and take-off on the rear end all served by a standard Discovery air-con compressor.

Range Rover Blues:
The downside of an AC compressor is that it won't fit if you have AC already.  They have in internal clutch so that the load can be taken off the engine when not in use, that's how your AC switches off!  Off course on the V8 you also have to run the water pump belt tight which can make it wear faster and the compressor needs oiling if you want it to last.  On the plus side they inflate tyres damn fast I'm told, just watch the pressure.  Personally I've got an ARb comppressor in the boot now, I just need the kit to attatch it to the tyres.

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