BA Outfitters specializing in custom Fabrication of off-road accessories

This page is a work in progress !!! I am uploading it as I work on it, I still have lots of pics to add, and I have to reinstall everything after painting all of the parts.

York Install on ’76 2F Engine

My intent with these tech pages is to outline the entire process for these modifications.

This includes brainstorming the mods that I want through fabrication and completion of the project.

Resources

www.ih8mud.com (Funny.. this shows up every time I do research)

www.birfield.com (The landcruiser mailing list archives)

www.kilbyenterprises.com Great source for York accessories as well as all on-board air parts and pieces

Why add an air compressor ?

I chose to install an air compressor on my Rig for a couple of reasons.

First and foremost was so that we could air up the tires after off-roading,

without having to:

A.) Drive 20 miles on 15 psi on pavement with a rig that wanders with 30 psi in the tires

B.) Didn’t have to grow old waiting for a 12v compressor to air up one tire before

deciding that it would rather burn up than reach 30psi.

Why an engine driven compressor vs. electric

I’ll be honest, I went with the engine driven compressor as much for the cool factor as anything else.

However once I started researching the modification I started to see some other great benefits.

First and foremost on my mind was the ability to quickly fill up a container (tire or air tank) to a

fairly high pressure. So far I have mine set to run at 100 psi, but plan on running after finishing testing at 150.

I have yet to find an electric compressor that has the capacity of the york, and coupled with my air

tank bumper I will supposedly be able to run some air tools. I’ll let you know.

Why a York compressor

There are only a couple of air conditioning compressors on the market that are internally lubricated.

Ie. They have a crankcase with oil in it that lubricates the compressor crank. Although I haven’t

Researched the others, I believe the Sanden is the next most popular. I chose the York because they

Seem to be easy to come by, and there is the most information on this particular compressor on the

off-road communities tech sites.

Where to mount it ?

I went with roughly the location of the smog pump that was missing when I rescued my cruiser from the grave.

Since this cruiser was set up with the smog pump it already had the dual-pulleys so I didn’t have to deal with

that part of the conversion.

Once I had all of the easy stuff figured out it was time to start pricing parts.

I got parts from the following places

www.ba-outfitters.com (well technically I’m just saying that for anything I made myself !!)

www.ebay.com (My one-stop shop for everything.. almost)

www.graingers.com Pretty much everyone is familiar with this bible.

My good friend and partner in Crime at BA-outfitters Tim Maxson

The scrap bin at work.

These are the things needed to complete this project

Air tank (This is an option, and supposedly necessary if you want to run air tools)

Drive Belt

York Compressor

Manifold

High Pressure Tubing

System controls (I will detail these later down the page.)

Some wire

Compressor brackets and hardware
A lot of help from the internet and sites that have done this before. (I will have links to some of the sites I used later.)

Air Tank

When I made my front bumper for the landcruiser I made it out of rectangular tubing, and made it an air tank.

It has been waiting for a long time for this install.

(Just for reference, I have another one of these for sale. See the details here (Add Link)

Drive Belt

I wanted to use a stock belt, this would afford me the option of a spare for the alternator and water pump

should that break, and eliminate the need for carrying a spare on longer trips. I monitored ebay, and purchased a

set of 3 stock belts for $7.95 + Shipping

York Compressor

Again I went to Ebay and purchased a used compressor for $30. Look for the 210 series, and get one with the v-belt clutch.

Manifold

I drilled and tapped one out of a piece of 2”x2”x6” Aluminum block that Tim gave me.

High Pressure Tubing

This tubing was Goodyear insta-grip tubing that was purchased from kilby enterprises.

It will be replaced however with 3/8” high pressure hose that requires hose clamps.

To take the insta-grip hose off you have to cut it. The exception to that is the hose

at the compressor on the discharge side due to the oil in the line, and the heat, this one will pop off.

System controls

Pressure switch

The purpose of this switch is to

Check/unloader valve

Pressure relief valve

Pressure gauge

Toggle switch

System accessories

Pressure gauges

Intake filter