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This rig is rated at quite a bit higher flow that even the Viair 550c and it has a 100% duty cycle as well, with all the controls, and air tank, necessary for less money than the Viair compressor alone.

In the picture to the left, you see the Puma air compressor I purchased off Ebay from Buzzard Gulch Inc. for $200.  It included everything you see in the picture below.

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If you look closely, you can see some changes I have made to the compressor.   Before I did anything I emailed Buzzard Gulch (BG) and got the OK on it, just to make sure I wasn't gonna screw something up.

 

To the right you see the space left empty by the work from the previous page, the moving of the air filter box to its new location.  It has been three weeks since the move and no issue have come up on that work.

Below is picture the mounting bracket I made from 16ga steel to mount the compressor on.  At this point it has been cut and partially bent to shape to allow for proper mount up.

 

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Compressor 004.jpg (164517 bytes) A total of eight 5/16" holes needed to be drilled in the mounting plate.  Two in the top, two in the bottom and four on the flat base to bolt down the compressor.

The next two pictures below show the trial fit I did to make sure the hood cleared the compressor.  It did, however, once I made a few more bends in the plate and drilled the holes in the wheel well of the Jeep, and mounted the compressor, it sat too tall???

I guess the old measure twice, cut once rule still applies.  I had to pull the whole thing back off and make some more mods that I'll picture later.  I also realized I needed to paint the mounting plate, so this gave me another reason to rule it back out.  At least it wasn't all wired and plumbed yet.

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