I ordered my 5:13 gears the other day. im thinking of getting at least 1 arb locker installed while its torn down. im getting a shop to install the gears and locker / lockers, but is installing the compressor and runing the hoses and stuff something that i can do myself. what does it entail?

corey d

 

yes you can. I managed it on a previous project. wiring diagram is simple and just make sure you keep the air lines away from heat sources, or go to a hd line.

 

where do you mount the compressor? where do you run the air lines? how much wiring is involved? can i drive around with the lockers intalled but not connected to the compressor? come on fellas , is guinness the only one with some info? thanks guinness ....... uuhhh, sorry....and ladies...

corey d

 

People have put them all over the place. I wanted mine outside of the passenger compartment and found a company that makes a nifty bracket that puts it into the engine compartment right beside the brake master cylinder. Running an ARB without an air compressor I imagine would be like running an ARB that's turned off. The guy that's installing my gears is also running the line to the compressor. If you're good at reading instructions you won't have any problems wiring your compressor yourself. ARB has some of the better instruction writers on this circuit (Forum members excepted.)

 

Off Road Evolution mounted our compressor to the skid plate between the gas tank and the crossmember as shown here:

 

A hot a ground and some bolts.

 

Cindy are you running 2 compressors and that one is dedicated to the lockers?

 

http://northridge4x4.com/proddetail....COMPRESSOR-KIT

This kit from northridge comes with a bracket to mount the compressor in the engine bay. I run this same kit, easy install. Will also fill tires.

 

X2 ^^^ got everything from David at northridge! The kit was a easy install, what worked for me was i mounted the compressor on the tray 1st then to the brake cylinder. I think some people have lost brake pressure when they removed the bolts from the cylinder, so if you can have someone hold the cylinder in place while you mount the tray.

 

I mounted mine by the master cylinder with the kit everyone is talking about. Very easy install. I run the heavy duty compressor it works both lockers. I also use it to air up when iam out of CO2. I just pulled it today as it stopped working. ARB has sent me a RGA number and it goes back today to see what happened to it. Hopefully I get it back soon.