(warning.. not landrover...)
i've got an iveco turbodaily coachbuilt motorhome, (posted on here before, under the name of CampinGazz) I've just got hold of some gabriel hijacker shockers, which are american air shockers, standard shocker, with an air bag/bladder in a housing that surrounds the top sliding part of the shocker,
Fitted them to the bacdk of my van as she was sitting a little low, and by eck they make a differace, raised the rear end a bit, can only pump them upto 130 psi at the mo.. more on that later, but the ride is a lot better, go over a speed bump and the front end clunks over, the back end floats over.. that's the best way to describe it,
I'll be fitting these shockers to the front as soon as i get the money for another set.. luckily my van has the same mountings front and rear for the shockers, as the hijackers are kinda universal,
Anyway, at the mo i'm pumping them up with my garage compressor, which puts out 130 psi at about 8 CFM.. fine for running air tools, but not for air shocks it seems, high-ish volume, low-ish pressure, i need the oposite for air shockers,
I did scrounge one of those cheap 12 volt compressors sold by argos and the likes for pumping up tyres, and took the system upto 140 psi.. but it took about 3 minutes to shove an extra 10 psi in the shockers with the tiny pump i had borrowed, says on the case it'll go upto 300 psi.. but when you can only run these for 10 minutes at a time before they overheat, it'd take all day to do that.
So i'm trying to find a suitable 12 volt compressor that'll work with my air shocks.. once i have front and rear air shox on, i'll want to use them to leavel the motorhome when camping by adjusting the pressures, so i want a fairly fast system to pump the lowest shocker up to normal ride height when i move off,
I know landrovers have air suspension systems on board.. well some do anyways, and i imagine they use a 12 volt compressor and a tank?? anyone know what pressure they run at?
and how fast is the system to pump up from say 30 to 200 psi.. i know weight comes into it.. but some landies must weigh what my van does.. 3.2 tons,
Then the biggest Q.. if the air compressor set up is suitable from a landie.. how much are they.. jsut the compressor for now, i'll add a tank later, and my own solenoid valves for leveling, i guess the compressor will be expensive to buy new.. anyone got a good one second hand to sell me??