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Air Compressor Mod: Pic A/C - Viair 485C
A/C1 - Yellow dots are factory bolts/holes
A/C2 - Mounting plate, used some stand-offs under the bolts to make it level
A/C3 - Compressor mounted
A/C4 - Switch is from "CH4X4" (cube size)
A/C5 - Air tank mounted, it's tight but it fits
A/C6 - Chuck, pressure switch installed. I use a small tank, not for air storage volume but to take advantage of an air pressure switch. That way the compressor doesn't run non-stop. I also use a "pressure relief valve" in order to not burst the tank.
A/C 7 - Passenger side Pwr Distro box, corner cover removed showing the main feed and starter cable lugs. At the top of the pic are the ribs that I removed in order to put the extension in.
A/C 8 - Ribs removed
A/C 9 - Paper template of the new buss bar extension
A/C 10 - Stainless Buss Bar extension, 1st bends
A/C 11 - Stainless Buss Bar extension, Finial crimp on to 6 gage wire
A/C 12 - Stainless Buss Bar extension, mounted
A/C 13 - Stainless Buss Bar extension, with OEM cover back in place. You can see the red 6 gage wire along the left side of the PDC, it's routed to the area in front of the air cleaner box
A/C 14 - Circuit Breaker and Aux Buss Bar mount
Under dash 1 - Yellow dots are bolts/screw, Red dots are tabs.
Under dash 2 - Door weather stripping must be pulled away 1st (Yellow dots) then the side panel can be pulled off (yellow dots are approx where the plastic clips are, the Blue dot is a plastic hook that must be inserted 1st when you reassemble.
Under dash 3 - Pull straight out on the switch panel for removal. I spliced into the illumination wire (green wire coming out of the rheostat and actually spliced in where there was room).

Pushed the switch and the air compressor works like it's supposed to! I used a fuse tap in an empty ACCY slot to power the Air Compressor switch (which in turn energizes the relay).

Lighted Door Sills Mod: Took about 15 minutes, Yellow dot is the wiring plug (passenger side is in the same location) a hook tool is the best tool to unlatch the blanking plug. The Blue christmas tree fastener stayed in when the OEM sills were removed, you will need to remove it before you install the lighted sill (new ones are already mounted in the new sill).

Center Cap Mod: Bought some Center Caps took them apart, painted them with "Ford Dark Shadow Gray" touch up paint.

I had a question on your 12V line under the hood. Did you also have to Dremel or remove some material on the cover that slides down over the top? I was looking to add a bluesea terminal fuse similar to your custom battery connection but it looks like I'd have to Dremel a slot for the wire to go through the cover to allow it to poke through. It looks like the cover fits right against the plastic of the fuse box with no room for the wire to run through to outside the box down that channel. Thanks!

 

[Trailman]

@EOD Guy, what’s the status of the fuel tank you ordered? That’s my biggest complaint with this vehicle

 

[EOD Guy]

I had a question on your 12V line under the hood. Did you also have to Dremel or remove some material on the cover that slides down over the top? I was looking to add a bluesea terminal fuse similar to your custom battery connection but it looks like I'd have to Dremel a slot for the wire to go through the cover to allow it to poke through. It looks like the cover fits right against the plastic of the fuse box with no room for the wire to run through to outside the box down that channel. Thanks!

Yes, I had to use a die grinder (air powered large Dremel) to hog out the ribs in the corner piece to allow the wire to exit the box. It exits level then turns 90 degrees downward and It looks factory.....LOL

Post#1, "Air compressor 8.jpg" above

 

[EOD Guy]

@EOD Guy, what’s the status of the fuel tank you ordered? That’s my biggest complaint with this vehicle

On a boat somewhere, I have paid for it, but it hasn't arrived yet, like other things they probably had to pull one off the Lexus assembly line.