Pics of my home-brewed OBA for the k10...

[Avery4jc]

badmix asked for pics of my little project in another thread so here they are... I have a york from my dad but I don't have the $$$ to get it installed properly right now so I built this to try out for our trip to the dunes in February...

It's my old mini-compressor I used to use to clean off my r.c. cars years ago but it still runs like a champ... it has a 2 gallon tank mounted directly to it and then I plumbed in another 5 gallon auxillary tank so I'd have enough reserve to fill up tires.

It won't run tools by any means but it'll fill up tires and I have a total of about $20 into the whole project since I had the compressor/inverter/fittings/guages/etc and all I had to buy was the black 5 gallon tank.

I have a female quick connect so I can just hook up one of my 25' extensions I use at the house with my big compressor...

Anyways here's some pics.

 

[badmix]

Cool. Looks good. For some reason I was thinking it was in a K5. I didnt think about a P/up. lol

 

[Avery4jc]

Yep it's in the old k10... I've decided to just mount everything in the bed and not worry about hauling stuff with it... that's what the 1 ton is for.

 

[cabledawg]

Looks good! I have a similar setup on the 90 Burb, only I used a 12v high volume pump. My old compressor was a plug in and was rated at 250psi, but had no volume, so even bike tires took forever to fill. So I got a pump that is rated at 125psi, but has 2cfm at 40psi and about .9 at 90psi. Addeda 10 gallon tank and all I do is let it run for awhile before I need it and I can fill one 33" in about a minute. At least you have a bed to put your stuff in. I had to take out the spare to fit all mine in without infringing on floor space.

 

[chopperfreak2k1]

thats badass! i have a coleman compressor about that size. i'm surprized that a 600 watt inverter was enough to run the compressor. how can i find out what size inverter my compressor might need?

 

[Avery4jc]

these inverters really aren't designed to run stuff like compressors so all you can do is just hook it up and give it a whirl...

 

[chopperfreak2k1]

lol thanx man!