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have any of you guys thought about finding a way to run a york compressors off a 12 volt motor?

you could buy a winch and rob the 12v motor.(harbor freight has them cheap) take the clutch off the york. weld up a "box" out of steel to mount the york on one side. the 12 volt motor on the other. the only hard thing is trying to find a way to couple both shafts together..maybe get a 2 inch round steel bar and drill out the ends to fit both shafts...??? or a mini universal joint????

i know a company called oasis compressors already has this setup you can buy off the shelf. (cheapest used i found was 600 bucks)

i think i may do my york this way instead of mounting it to my engine.

The only downside to the York IS that if the engine isn't running, you are S.O.L. Wife just had the fuel pump die on our new to us dually, and the 480s that were under the bed are so worn out, it took a couple hours with jumpers cables on to air it up to tow it to town. Sucks, cause I was in Houston, 1000 miles from home when it happened. Then the York took a crap a couple days later.

We use the York 209 or 210s on most trucks and then have a 12v comp somewhere on the truck just for emergencies. I think you can get the York comps at the part stores for around $200 and they pulleys are another $50 or so.

Picked up a rebuilt at Oh Reallys for 145.

which one 209 or 210?
And part number?

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I said I thought mine was out of an 86 Volvo, actually I was wrong it is out of an 82; However, the 86 also comes with a york but it is a smaller one.

yorks are sick! i try to run them on every thing! the 210 can be found on the early volvo's that what i got psylents off when his first one took a dump. there 3 diff heads that i know of that come on these, 1st style is like the one on psylent's ride, the ports are externaly theaded,the other two have the intake and discharge on diff sides. Alot of the automotive ones have a o-ring type with various adapters. Some semi's run these, theres run non stop, there is just a pop off on the tank. there is a smaller rotary style that are more compact, they move decent air as well. all ac compressors move oil through the lines. the york and sanden are a oil filled, so they dont an inline oiler. the draw back is they pull oil from there crank case. the york fix is pull the pulley and front seal there is a small hole that you tap out and thread a set screw in. no more oil in the air system!

sorry for the long post and run on sentences.

Which is how bagged duallys should be setup, if the guys that owned them had any ballz to be buck-wild.

Richard

My truck was setup like this for a while... it was funny for a while when people would walk by and it would pop, but on a truck that doesnt get fuel mileage in the first place, running the pump full time does not help at all. Now i am back with the 200 PSI pressure switch and I love it.

It is a 210. Part# 57056 from 4-Seasons.

Semi trucks use these, yes. BUT for airconditioning. LOL. Not for on board air. I'm not gonna try to stop 80,000 pounds in 10 brake chambers with a 210 York. There is a governor on the truck aircompressor to limit it to around 125. They do release air from time to time, but that is from the air dryer.