Hi Guyz
I finally got around to completing a project that has been in my head for years; turn my front bar into an air tank so I can run a rattle gun whilst out wheelin on a tough trail!

I installed my ARB compressor in behind my spare wheel - mainly because under the bonnet of my JK the temperature reaches that of Satans BBQ!

I then welded up the ends of my front bar to make it Air tight - drilled and tapped a brass drain plug and installed a quick release air outlet with non return valve.

I wanted to know the pressure so I added a PSI gauge to the right of my steering wheel.

Finally today I charged it up to 100psi (recommended by the manufacturer of my rattle gun) and attempted to get 1 of the wheel studs off that had been rattled on by an intellectually challenged tyre monkey! LoL - so tight that I bent by wheel brace trying to loosen it!

If anyone has done similar or has any ideas to improve functionality - please post up!

I hope you enjoy the write up as much as I will enjoy having my rattle gun on the trails
cheers
Hunty

ps - the last 2 pix are photobucket videos - I hope they work (i'm trialling it in preference to youtube)

 

Very cool, I love it

 

I've heard of creative uses of dead space in vehicles and seen lots of ingenious inventions here and on other forums.

This however - is awesome beyond anything I've seen. Use of dead space around the spare mount. . . unbelievably smart. Using your tube bumpers as an air tank! Wow - even smarter! I thought people only used the voids of their bumpers for smuggling. . . umm. . . . well smuggling stuff.

Next you need to figure out how to convert the other tube of the bumper to a potable water tank so you've got fresh water while out on the trail!

 

That is way over the top..Great Job

 

Truly amazing. Wish I had that level of mechanical ability. Very nice!

 

incredible.
only catch is, if you rearend someone while your bumper is pressurized, who knows what will happen

 

you'd think it would be a problem - but heres the thing - just after I pressurised it to 100psi for the first time a mate thought it a good idea to open the brass drain plug to let out what he thought would be a heap of $hit, water and $meg etc - he used a shifter and just screwed out the bung until it exploded the plug out and it ( the plug) ran off down the street - it wasn't a big deal - second incident happened on a trail, one of my blue air lines got melted on a wheelin run by (believe it or not) by an extremely hot brake line coming out of the engine bay - some jeepers 2 cars behind me were heard to say over the CB - WTF? does someone have a turbo that just blew off - lol - I was driving over some rough terrain at the time and the "explosion" didnt bother me at all - most LPG gas bottles in OZ are routinely filled to over 200psi and the steel in a bbq bottle is way lighter than my bar - anyway I guess I would only charge it up at the end of the day - to air up tyres unless some running repairs are required - then I would just fill it as required! if i were worried about it - but im not! LoL cheers Hunty