Finally had a few hours to work on the air ride system. While I was busy doing things around the house, I took the aluminum air tank to a local welder to have him weld a bung on the bottom to drain any moisture as well as add one to the side for the pressure switch since the top was bung was a little too close to the floor. I also order a few compression fittings, sstl tubing and some misc brass fittings to make all the connections.
Once I had the layout/assembly of the water trap and valve pack I then had to fab a bracket to mount on the side of the frame. The air compressor is on the RH side of the frame, between the frame and running board and the tank is on the LH side of the frame also between the frame and running board and I decided to mount the trap and valve assembly just aft of the air tank. With this all mounted I ran a sstl hardline from the compressor to the the tank/valve assembly as well as the tank.
Next up was to figure out how I needed to route the wiring for the system. I settled on drilling a large hole (3” dia due to the large connector) behind the drivers seating area to run the wiring to the ECU controller and display... which I plan to mount under the seat on the driver side. I don't plan on using the system display very often since it has bluetooth that can be operated by my phone so I want the display to be hidden under the seat. I will still be able to pull it out from under the seat when needed but it should fit nicely in the recess in the pedestal under the seat.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
