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Topic: york compressor for air

Posted By: HudCo
Subject: york compressor for air
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2025 at 4:32pm

any one use a york a/c compressor for compressed air on their tractor

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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2025 at 4:51pm

i mounted one on a 10 gallon tank with a 1/2 HP motor.. about 30 years ago... to use out at the farm house.

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Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2025 at 6:43pm

I had one rigged on my farm Pickup with a tank off a semi truck,, I put a pressure switch on it with a master switch in the cab. worked ok,, just not a lot of volume to run air impact and such, seemed like I was always waiting for it to rebuild pressure...

one thing,, check the oil every so often,, I messed up a couple by letting the oil get low....

Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2025 at 11:15pm

You CAN... but a better choice would be to fit an electric clutch to a conventional 2 cylinder air compressor head.

The York is a real bulldog of a refrigerant compressor, but it is designed to pump a lower volume, higher pressure, and the refrigerant is also the cooling medium for the compressor. An air compressor cannot do the same (hence, the exterior cooling fins) and has a significantly higher volume in working range.

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Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2025 at 9:25am

you can buy these yorks now already set up for air compressor with a finned head and differant piston and rings , i guess the four wheel drive guys like them