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Originally Posted by chase@ridetech
jimmydean,
Your truck is looking good, A couple things to keep in mind, the thomas compressor you have is only rated for about 3 gallons, filling a 7 gallon tank will cause it to burn up quicker than normal, that is probably why it is taking so long to fill, also i noticed that your compressor didn't have a filter on it, this will also cause it to burn up especially since it is in the direct spray of the tire. you will be getting some road debris in the compressor, so i would suggest remote mounting the compressor filter which you can do by putting a 1/8 npt to a 1/4 hose fitting in the compressor and running some airline somewhere under the truck with a filter on the end. if interested i should be able to get my hands on some filters, and some rubber feet to keep it from making so much noise.
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Funny you pointed that out. I can't drive the truck, so I haven't done anything with that. When I bought it, it came with no filter, I have on on order that will be here shortly. I have also put some small rubber gromets between the base and the frame (same purpose as the newer style mounting). I haven't run the compressor for more than 2 minutes at a time because i didn't want to burn it up. Long before I am driving it, I will have a second compressor added and I am thinking of mount the compressors on the inside of the frame rail.