Took it to work. All good. Took it on a date-night. Still good! Yes, a little noisier with timing advanced, but EGT's are good, starts are white-smoky for 10 seconds (at 0 celsius) and then none, black smoke levels are low to none. I may bring it back a tiny bit, but for now I'm going to run it as is.
So, back to fun stuff! Moving to the front for a change. After being back ordered since boxing day, my new compressor finally arrived.
It is the CKMA24 model, which is faster due to the yellow sticker.
My headlight washers have been non-op since I got the truck, and my winter/wet drives are few and far between, so out came the jug/pump, and it looks to be a nice place to mount the compressor. Protected behind the headlight, away from the exhaust heat, and there's a wall with factory captive nuts to use where the HL-washer jug just vacated...
CAD template first (cardboard aided design)
Then it was time to precisely shape and mould some exotic materials into a custom damped compressor mounting base. But I got lazy, and put the grinder to some steel sheet... Here it is, temporarily bolted in place. More massaging needed in this pic. And of course holes to mount the compressor base to it.
Then onto the paint booth... er... table. (about time to spray the vertical pieces for my rear cargo area too, so they joined the party.)
While the paint was drying, I attempted to discern what those crazy Aussies had cooked up with that wiring harness. Man alive. Having parts of the air locker harness branching off here and there made it more complicated than my application demanded, but someday...? Anyways, once I deciphered the 24 volt hookup witchcraft, I put all the wires temporarily in their proper places, threw the switch, and managed to get the compressor to make some noise. It even hissed at me! Saucy thing!
Next step will be running fat wires through tiny orifices, and making a home for the switch, in the center console. But at least I've got a good idea how to put it all together now, and it should be pretty easy to bolt to my mounting plate. Then I just need to decide how to route the air line. I'd like to be able to access the quick connect without raising the hood, but we'll see.