HudsonvilleHornet
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So in a nutshell, earlier this year I went down the rabbit hole of buying one of these old rigs to fiddle with and put to work here and there. One of the many, many things this rig has needed was a vacuum pump. I looked in to reman units, which looked like a mixed bag, and then hydroboost..which seems great, but, was a little more involved of a conversion than I really want to bite off right now. So that pretty much left converting to an electric pump. So over the past months I've been diving down that rabbit hole, trying to find something simple to install and OEM reliable. Which basically meant I had to engi-cobble something together myself.
Ultimately I did find what has, so far, been a great little setup..and now I am wondering if there would be interest in me making up some of these. It's based on an electric booster pump from a current model OEM application, and it's mounted on a laser cut, CNC bent bracket that mounts behind the passenger side battery, which also supports the switch, relay, and breaker. No permanent mods to the truck, other than cutting the vacuum hose a bit shorter - so 100% reversible. This could also be mounted behind the driver's side battery without any issues, I would just need to make a mirrored bracket.
So, any preliminary interest? I am afraid I am probably too busy to make/sell turn-key units, so I'd most likely be selling some form of kit (or even just the mount and a parts list). Cost wise, I'd have to get a quote for a run of the brackets and go from there, this is just a one off for my own kicks.
Comments welcome, and don't forget to vote..
Edit 9/28/2022: I'm going to keep testing/developing and have no intention of taking it out of my rig, but with the world we're in these days this is may die due to liability concerns.
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Ultimately I did find what has, so far, been a great little setup..and now I am wondering if there would be interest in me making up some of these. It's based on an electric booster pump from a current model OEM application, and it's mounted on a laser cut, CNC bent bracket that mounts behind the passenger side battery, which also supports the switch, relay, and breaker. No permanent mods to the truck, other than cutting the vacuum hose a bit shorter - so 100% reversible. This could also be mounted behind the driver's side battery without any issues, I would just need to make a mirrored bracket.
So, any preliminary interest? I am afraid I am probably too busy to make/sell turn-key units, so I'd most likely be selling some form of kit (or even just the mount and a parts list). Cost wise, I'd have to get a quote for a run of the brackets and go from there, this is just a one off for my own kicks.
Comments welcome, and don't forget to vote..
Edit 9/28/2022: I'm going to keep testing/developing and have no intention of taking it out of my rig, but with the world we're in these days this is may die due to liability concerns.
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