Todays Project - What did you do today?

[zmotorsports]

Last night I fabricated a mounting bracket to locate my Viair compressor in the rear cargo area of my Jeep.  I use this small compressor for airing up tires after being on the trail.

Here is what I started with yesterday after work.


Drilling the holes on the mill and getting the bolt pattern accurate.


Mocked up so I can get the angle of the dangle.


Bracket completely welded and ready for a trial fit to decide on how to mount the air leader hose with check valve.


Bracket welded onto the mounting bracket to support the check valve and leader hose.


Bead blasted, painted semi-gloss black and assembled on the bench ready for installation.


I removed the sub-woofer box and ran the air outlet out near the bottom where it will clear my tailgate when closed.


This picture may be harder to see but I ran the poly air line up from the air fitting to a small hole I drilled at the top of the sub-woofer box for the air line to connect with the compressor assembly.


I have read where some people use the existing power outlet in the sub-woofer box but it doesn't have enough current protection so I ran an isolated 12-gauge wire from my auxiliary battery through an inline fuse back to a 30 amp switch.  I used the type of switch that has the safety cover over it to prevent it from accidently being turned on.  I mounted it so I do not need to unzip my soft top or open the glass on my hardtop.  I merely need to open my tailgate and reach up to the right side to turn the compresson on and hook up my hose to the air connector also located right at the sub-woofer box.


Completed.  Compressor mounted, sub-woofer box reinstalled, all of the related wiring is zip-tied along the floor kick panel along with the factory wiring and the mess vacuumed up.  This view is from the right rear door looking back into the cargo area and the mounted compressor.


This picture is taken from the tailgate looking into the cargo area.


And she's done.  I finished her up late last night and gave her a quick detail so she is ready to go.


Mike.