1990 HDJ81 - Introducing "La Mia Bella Bestia"

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You only said sliders .? c'on !

wife as what's needed in order this not to happen again and your answer must be like ..

Sliders, suspension lift, tires, lockers, bulbar, winch ..
 
Haven't posted in a bit however, I haven't been slacking. This is my take on having an air system available for when its needed. My objective is reliability and utilizing factory bolt positions.

I picked up the 12V ARB Dual compressor, got a bit of a deal but not much.

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Then I got busy on mocking-up a template for mounting the compressor in the engine bay using only factory bolt positions and still leaving room for a Webasto down the road.

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I also decided to add the diff breathers to the same bracket.
 
Then started running 8mm 180p.s.i. push connect hose. I used custom made brackets that mount to the frame in existing bolt holes.

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The blue line is actually rated at 150psi, I later changed it out to green tube with a higher rating.
 
Then I had an issue with the custom hose that I had made. It attached the compressor to the tank. It started to have heat issues at the compressor outlet. It also was so big and bulky that i had no adequate mounting system so it was starting to rub and create weak points in the outer sheathing So I changed over to this.

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And now this is giving me issues from excessive heat, see the bubble forming. So next i went with this, hoping to get the heat away from the quick connect fitting.

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We will see how this performs on it next big test, airing up all four tires.

Here is a pic of the air at the back bumper. And the dual air hookup for doing both tires at the same time.

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