Ever have need of a good air compressor in your garage?
Check out this neat idea. VW powered air compressor.
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beelzebug Seriously Crusin Dubber
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VW powered air compressor
vwjon Fahrvergnugen
914 posts · joined Jul 2006 ·
erm.... i pasted the link in and got "young teens" does someone want to check the ling and either rectify the link or my computer. cheersjon
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2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
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beelzebug Seriously Crusin Dubber
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vwjon Fahrvergnugen
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hey thats pretty damm good! doesnt say how much tho, wonder if you could do the same by removing the exhaust pushrod? then using the plug hole as an exhaust to fill your tank?
something to play with in the shed!
something to play with in the shed!
3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs
Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen
890 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·
An old idea. Should still be plenty of similar compressors floating around second hand in Aus. There was a rat looking one at Valla from memory.
It used to be common to see vw industrial engines set up on trailers, driving gen sets, welders or compressors
Matt.
[ Edited on 31-10-2006 by Matt Ryan ]
It used to be common to see vw industrial engines set up on trailers, driving gen sets, welders or compressors
Matt.
[ Edited on 31-10-2006 by Matt Ryan ]
barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem
9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
the old man still has one sitting at his workshop
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shaihulud Custom Title Time!
1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
Sometimes you may find that what you think is a VW engine in an industrial situation is really a Porsche Industrial Engine based on the 356 engine.
I remember seeing one in a shop window in Hay Street or Murray Street in Perth back in the mid 1960s.
I believe that they can be adapted to cars, but they have a hand crank and other missing bits that you need in a car.
It's worth checking the serial number to see what it really is.
I remember seeing one in a shop window in Hay Street or Murray Street in Perth back in the mid 1960s.
I believe that they can be adapted to cars, but they have a hand crank and other missing bits that you need in a car.
It's worth checking the serial number to see what it really is.
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I have seen pics of Air Compressors using the VW engine and using two cylinders to pump the air into the tanks.....
but naturally the VW engine connected to a large air compressor would work great... too
same as the Generators used by the Armed forces...
they are made to be hand cranked to start...
but with a magneto , they usually start easy...
VW industrial engine...
[ Edited on 1-11-2006 by 68AutoBug ]
but naturally the VW engine connected to a large air compressor would work great... too
same as the Generators used by the Armed forces...
they are made to be hand cranked to start...
but with a magneto , they usually start easy...
VW industrial engine...
[ Edited on 1-11-2006 by 68AutoBug ]
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
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I just looked at the Link...
Now that looks great....
Only problem these days, is You can buy an electric air compressor very cheap these days...
but if you didn't have any Power... WOW....
great idea...
Lee
Now that looks great....
Only problem these days, is You can buy an electric air compressor very cheap these days...
but if you didn't have any Power... WOW....
great idea...
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen
890 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·
A lot of the old Aussie ones weren't genuine industrial engines.(I just refer to them that way because they are being used in an industrial context).
Some compressors/welders/generator sets were made in factories for sale, (mostly using genuine industrial engines) some by businesses for their own company to use & a lot were home made.
It was pretty easy to knock up a compressor out of a second hand or reconditioned car engine and a scrounged up air tank. Some drove a compressor, some were the compressor because they fired off 2 opposing cylinders and pumped air into the tank via the non-firing cylinders.
I doubt if work cover etc. would be impressed with making your own one now, unless it was a certified kit that met Australian design standards.
Matt.
[ Edited on 1-11-2006 by Matt Ryan ]
Some compressors/welders/generator sets were made in factories for sale, (mostly using genuine industrial engines) some by businesses for their own company to use & a lot were home made.
It was pretty easy to knock up a compressor out of a second hand or reconditioned car engine and a scrounged up air tank. Some drove a compressor, some were the compressor because they fired off 2 opposing cylinders and pumped air into the tank via the non-firing cylinders.
I doubt if work cover etc. would be impressed with making your own one now, unless it was a certified kit that met Australian design standards.
Matt.
[ Edited on 1-11-2006 by Matt Ryan ]