Help needed Mounting a Max Air Air Compressor

C'mon Roachie. You can even post pictures of the setup here now :))

"You" might be able to post pictures, but I'd have as much chance of getting the Patrol to fly me to the moon as working out how to get a picture on here....(I had to get Doc Holliday and Pesty to help me get my member's rig pics on system......they had to give me s t e p b y s t e p instructions over about a 4 day period to even do that!!!!!). Also, I can't even work out how to use the VCR that I inhereited from my mother's house 6 months ago!!!!
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Cheers mate
Roachie

LOL You are a worry :)))

Cheers Roachie,
Is it easy enough to get to the switch to turn it on? Being fixed to the cargo barrier?
I thought of putting mine in front of the cargo barrier behind the Engle but when the 4by is packed and ready to travel I wouldn’t be able to get to the switch unless I leave it switched on all the time and just plug it in when I need it (My MAAC has a Bosch plug on it now rather than the Alligator clips) so that I can plug it into the one of 5 Outlets in the Paj! Has this confused you? Ha Ha……

Cheers

Matt

I leave the compressor's switch on all the time, but have a ARB pressure switch as well as a switch in the cab so that I can turn it on at any time. Have routed hoses all over the bloody place, including one up to the A pillar on my side, which goes to a gauge as well as another T junction there too which then has a RYCO outlet just above my head (used for connecting the original MaxAir coiled hose and a blow-down gun for keeping the dust off the dash etc ;-))
Also have outlets on bullbar, & at the rear. Under the bonnet, there are 2 more T junctions: one goes to the air horns on roof rack, the other goes to the ARB air-locker's solenoid.
No wonder I have a small leak somewhere......every morning, when I'm sitting waiting for the motor to warm up for a few minutes, I switch the compressor on and pump the air up from around 70psi (where it has dropped to overnight), back up to the 95psi that the ARB cut-off switch stops it at.
Cheers
Roachie

Still got that leak eh Roachie!! ;-)

So do I! :-( I just can't find the bloody thing no matter how hard I try! Mine is almost exactly the same, over night it'll drop to about 70psi, just enough for the compressor to kick in when I start her up, runs for about 1 minute and then she's all charged again, I've just given up on trying to find it! Strangley enough when I put my guage on the dash somewhere along the line I slowed the leak a little, but it's come back again! I wonder if it's leaking back out through the compressor, I've been thinking about putting a 1 way valve at the compressor's outlet, maybe that would stop it...

Hey Roachie.. so what is that all the compressor bits and pieces are used for?? I understand spare tyre inflation and ARB Locker activation. but why the guage and bit on the dash, and the fittings on your bull bar??? Air Tools?? Can the little compressors keep up withthese??? would love to know if there is a new toy I 'should' look at setting up.. but can't imagine what it is yu use all the air connections for??? (having said that, my other half would be tickled poink if we could use the air to blow the dust off / out of the tent...

Jeff,
Yeh mate, still got the leak. A bloke I spoke to the other day (can't remember where....forgot), said that those festo press-on fittings MUST have the hose exactly square at the end in order to avoid leaks. I've got at least 4 "T" juctions (ie: 12 points) that could be possible leak points. There is a 3 way (Mercedes emblem style) brass junction near the compressor, which takes the air from the compressor to the 2 tanks, as well as a brass "T" piece before that (between the compressor and the Merc emblem) which has the ARB pressure switch off to the side.
I have removed the padded handle altogther and have a one-way valve bolted into the compressor's outlet.

Coyote.....
The outlet on the bullbar is for inflating the front tyres and I also use it when I'm doing any oil changes....... I have an old truck air tank on a tripod which I place the 10.5litres of engine oil into...it has fittings for pumping up pressure, a hose coming out the bottom and a simple tap near the end of the hose. So when the truck is up on the ramps and I'm perched up on a ladder leaning over the bonnet trying to get the oil in there, I don't have to worry about juggling a funnel and a 5 litre oil container. Instead, I climb the ladder, place the hose in the rocker cover, turn to tap on, (having already turned on the air tap on the bullbar to start building up a bit of pressure). Then it's just a matter of watching the oil quietly move into the motor until I see/hear the gurgling which signals that the oil is depleted. Shut off the air pressure and the oil flow and turn on the relief tap near the top of the tank.
Then there's the air horns....very loud, but i can isolate them and just have the little Thomas The Tank Engine type "peep-peep" horn if the coppers ever do a road-worthy check on me.
The outlet at the back is actually inside the back door and I can use the air hose to reach the back tyres as well as the camper trailer tyres. I have 2 separate air hoses....the one I keep in the back which i use for the tyre inflation, oil decanting etc and the yellow plastic coiled hose which lives under my seat and, as I said before, is only used for dusting down the cab area etc using the 3rd RYCO outlet above driver's head.
Hope this explains it a bit better.

Cheers

Roachie

Mine's also my daily driver......my only vehicle (Annette doesn't drive AT ALL!!!! hahaha). However, it is permanently ready to GOOOOO. hehehe

Cheers muzzgit,
Rob and Lee at ARB Ozzy Park told me that it needed to stay upright! is that a Porky? the ARB one under my bonnet is mounted vertical i thought i could do the same with the MAAC!

Cheers

Matt

Yep daily driver too, everything done to it is done in such away as to have a minimal impact on the day to day town use, but when we go, just whack your camping gear in and BYE!

Thanks Stan,
Theres No Room left at the inn!! for the MAAC I have Dual Batt's and an ARB Comp already under there.

Cheers

Matt