My Onboard Air System

I installed one of the air pressure guages, that came with the compressor, onto the drivers side dash.  It is mounted using a piece of sheet metal, drilled and bent to form a mounting bracket.

I drilled two holes in the verticle back that lined up with the two screws that hold the hounsing of the guage on.  For the base, I drilled the two holes far enough apart to make sure they cleared the guage itself, allowing me to get a screwdriver on them.

Here you see a picture of the mounted guage.

The air line runs behind the guage and down behind the instrument cluster.   The air vent housing is open in the back and makes it very easy to fish the 1/4" air line up to the guage.

Here is a picture of the high pressure air line as I fished it through the firewall, just above the drivers side battery tray.

After the line was secured in place and all connections made, the opening in the rubber firewall seal, was closed back with RTV sealant.

I purchased a switch from Ebay that was said to fit in the spare switch part of the dash, next to the two other factory switches, and the seller later sent me pictures of how it did, but I decided I didn't like how that looked and mounted it in the panel just beside and to the right of the steering column, as seen in the picture below.

The red LED lights up when the compressor is on.

Here is the back of the panel with the switch mounted in place and wired, ready to go.

As you can see, there are only two screws and the spring clips holding this panel on the dash.  The spring clips (to the right of the switch in the pic) are at the top of the panel and on each side of the steering column.

Note the Briggs and Stratton air filter for the intake!

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