FG / cab over air seats

[dhackney]

Mike,

18,000+ plus miles in NA and SA on leather air seats.

Negatives: none

I recommend getting the heaters.

We used them for the first time two days ago on a wet, chilly, very muddy run up Route 40 and they were a wonderful luxury.

Doug

 

[dhackney]

I checked out Doug Hackney's site and couldn't find any clues. Perhaps Doug can shed some light on your question. Doug, where'd you end up putting the air compressor for your air suspension seats ?

Mike,

The air seats run off of the main air compressor and air tank. I located them both between the frame rails above/behind the transfer case. It was a good packaging fit but I wish the high output compressor had been available at that time. Same size but higher output.

Please note that our air compressor does not make above 110 psi above 11k feet altitude. I don't know if it is a defective unit or a design flaw.

No other complaints on the entire air system.

Extreme Outback Systems: http://www.extremeoutback.com/

Photos of install are in Album 23 at: http://www.hackneys.com/mitsu/index-buildup-photos.htm

Sorry for the brevity, currently in very, very low bandwidth Patagonia.

Doug

 

[DontPanic42]

Some Mitsubishi Monteros and Raiders (sold under the Dodge name) have factory suspension seats. They are quite comfortable. They also bolt to a flat floor, similar to the Fuso, so they look easy to adapt.

Has anyone tried using the Montero suspension seat in an FG? If feasible, it might be worth a trip to my friendly automotive recycling center. These old bones could use something a bit more comfortable.

 

[dhackney]

Has anyone tried using the Montero suspension seat in an FG? If feasible, it might be worth a trip to my friendly automotive recycling center. These old bones could use something a bit more comfortable.

I don't know if it has been tried or not.

The stock FG seat dimensions are here: http://www.hackneys.com/mitsu/docs/FG-stock-seat.pdf

That would give you something to compare to at the junkyard, er, oops, recycling center.

 

[DontPanic42]

Doug,
Thanks for the seat drawing. I found a Montero sitting in the yard of a friend's welding shop. My trusty tape measured the Montero seat to be approx. 15" above the floor as opposed to 9.4" for the FG. It didn't seem to be able to drop any lower. The seat was also a couple of inches deeper. Looks like I'll end up looking at National.
I think Don Greene went that route. Haven't talked to him in a while, so gives me an excuse.
Thanks again.
Bruce

 

[mwoods]

Leather

Mike,

18,000+ plus miles in NA and SA on leather air seats.

Negatives: none

I recommend getting the heaters.

We used them for the first time two days ago on a wet, chilly, very muddy run up Route 40 and they were a wonderful luxury.

Doug

Doug, thanks. The leather Nationals will are ordered and will be here in 3 weeks.

There's something about having a leather barrier between the air bladders in the seat and a screwdriver or awl in my back pocket that just sounds good to me.

 

[mwoods]

Compressor

Mike,

The air seats run off of the main air compressor and air tank. I located them both between the frame rails above/behind the transfer case. It was a good packaging fit but I wish the high output compressor had been available at that time. Same size but higher output.

Please note that our air compressor does not make above 110 psi above 11k feet altitude. I don't know if it is a defective unit or a design flaw.

No other complaints on the entire air system.

Extreme Outback Systems: http://www.extremeoutback.com/

Photos of install are in Album 23 at: http://www.hackneys.com/mitsu/index-buildup-photos.htm

Sorry for the brevity, currently in very, very low bandwidth Patagonia.

Doug

Doug, as always, thanks for the advice on what works well and what you would improve upon. I'll aim for the high output compressor. Yes, the main compressor is clearly called out in your photos....gracias for the clarification.