10 Jan 09, 02:12 pm
My patience with my vehicles is really starting to wear thin. Jeep's spare is flat and the air compressor won't hold pressure. The portable one I bought works but the battery doesn't last long.
I think I'm going to start doing a little more preventative maintenance in the future...it's all coming down on my head at once.
UPDATE: I figured out why my Jeep's compressor isn't working...the coalescing filter is full of ice and not allowing air to flow through it. I have the bowl off and inside now but I can't thaw out the filter until it warms up a little more. I can't run the Jeep with the hood closed to warm it up that way because I'm low on gas. Gotta fix one thing to fix the thing that can fix it. I'm going to see if I have stuff to rig up a double-ended fitting so I can just cut the filter out of the system until it gets warmer.
I need to put in a couple valves so I can choose to bypass the filter or not, and to isolate the tank as well since there's alot of tubing between the manifold and the air tank to rupture, and it already has once. It's going to get warmer this week so I'll be able to do some of that, maybe even re-plumb the whole system in the process.
I think I'm going to start doing a little more preventative maintenance in the future...it's all coming down on my head at once.
UPDATE: I figured out why my Jeep's compressor isn't working...the coalescing filter is full of ice and not allowing air to flow through it. I have the bowl off and inside now but I can't thaw out the filter until it warms up a little more. I can't run the Jeep with the hood closed to warm it up that way because I'm low on gas. Gotta fix one thing to fix the thing that can fix it. I'm going to see if I have stuff to rig up a double-ended fitting so I can just cut the filter out of the system until it gets warmer.
I need to put in a couple valves so I can choose to bypass the filter or not, and to isolate the tank as well since there's alot of tubing between the manifold and the air tank to rupture, and it already has once. It's going to get warmer this week so I'll be able to do some of that, maybe even re-plumb the whole system in the process.