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    Sep 25, 2020 5 minutes
    COMPILED BY TRENTON MCGEE EDITOR@FOURWHEELER.COM
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    WIRED FOR AIR

    I’m in the process of converting the A/C compressor on my Jeep truck to onboard air so I can fill up tires and run air tools. I have the mechanical part of it pretty well figured out, but I’m stumped on how to wire the system. How do I get it to cycle on and off so that it maintains pressure as I use it?

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    Onboard air is a great addition to any trail rig, and fabricating a system is fairly easy as long as you have a compressor that lends itself well to the conversion, such as a York or a Sanden. Most fullsize Jeep trucks used a York compressor, which is kind of the gold

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