Decided to move my compressor to a hard mount under the hood. It's a PITA to take out and put away each time, and this weekend I used it and I thought I had waited long enough for it to cool down but I was wrong, it melted a small hole in the carrying bag. I could smell something in the vehicle so I found it pretty quickly, luckily I didn't set anything on fire. I googled it and a lot of people have them under the hood, the engine heat doesn't seem to be an issue with MV-50s. IDK, I guess I'll find out...
I made a small bracket and used two existing holes in the fender to mount the bracket that holds two corners of the pump and a third corner just bolted straight through. Each corner has a rubber foot that pops out leaving a good 1/4" or so mounting hole that I used for this. I could have drilled for the fourth corner but it was really good with just three and the fourth still has the rubber foot which is firmly planted on the fender. I cable tied the fuse to the handle to make it easy to get to, ran the wires to the otherside with some shielding and clamped the ends to the hood support. I put some electrical tape on the hood support to prevent them from scratching the paint. It works well in a short test so far and cost $0.00, which is always nice.
There is an open bracket under the master cylinder that I saw used as well for compressors in a lot of threads, but I have a spare serpentine belt cable tied there already and I like the higher spot better. I did consider it though, maybe for a smaller compressor. Has anyone else mounted this one?