air ride seat supply pressure?

[bevans6]

I just picked up a new National air ride seat.  No mention of air supply pressure.  Do I need a pressure limiter, or just plumb it in?

Brian

[luvrbus]

All the ones I have been around use 55 to 60 lbs most have a protection valve to prevent high air pressure but I have never been a round a National it may differ

[Melbo]

I pulled the air supply from the air horn under the driver.  I bought a cheap regulator from HF and everything seems to work fine on mine.

HTH

Melbo

[eagle19952]

cheap regulator works...good...

[RJ]

Brian -

The supply air for most of those seats comes off the auxiliary air tank in the the exterior compartment underneath the driver.  Same tank that supplies the suspension, wipers, etc.

FWIW & HTH. . .

[TomC]

Don't have a regulator on mine-haven't had any problems. Especially if you're a big boy like me, you need all the pressure to push up the seat. Good Luck, TomC

[Dave5Cs]

I have all 3 air ride seats coming off the same 1/4" airline that comes directly from the accessory tank. No problems. You might consider a check valve right before the seat in case you ever get a leak at seat bag.

Dave5Cs from Galaxy S III

[bevans6]

I am torn with the idea of initially installing it on a pedestal instead of the air base.  Reasoning is that I have a quite heavy clutch and I am worried about the seat unloading and rising if I operate the clutch (it has about a 50 lb push).  Oddly the seat itself mounts to the base with 4 bolts and is almost a perfect fit onto a stock MCI seat pedestal (Odd because I never get that lucky, I almost always end up fabricating some adaptor).

Brian

[lostagain]

When I drove the 102D of the hockey team's, it had an air seat. It was nice to adjust up or down with a button. Otherwise, you don't need an air seat in a bus because the bus rides smooth enough. Pushing the clutch to shift gears was no problem.

JC