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Front Bumper as air tank for oba

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Old 02-22-2008, 02:28 PM
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Default Front Bumper as air tank for oba

Hey anyone try this was thinking of doing the old warn style TJ bumper out of 3/16 steel and making it an air tank as well... Anyone try this yet?
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I had a thaught of getting the tube that goes over the winch and capping it off air tight and useing it as an air tank.
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Originally Posted by MuddyToy
Hey anyone try this was thinking of doing the old warn style TJ bumper out of 3/16 steel and making it an air tank as well... Anyone try this yet?
did you end up doing this? how is it holding up?
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We used to do that all the time. We would take a tube bumper and make that the air tank for the ac compressor air supply unit. Worked great, just didn't hold a lot of air, but even a little is good.



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