do a safe pressure test on the air receiver by completely filling the receiver with water and pumping it to 300 lbs. If it fails, all that will happen is that a slight amount of water will leak out . Don't ever test a receiver by filling it with air. It will explode like a bomb if it fails.
Yeah I worry about that one mine, but I can't see any rust on the outside, but I know it's probably on the inside. The modern ones have taps to drain them. Probably worth it to get a modern tank and put the old stuff on it. Have you ever heard of those feroweld rods by lincoln? They sure work good, course so do the nickel rods I love welding with them.
Those old compressors are great. My wife bought me one from a garage sale made by Packard in 1956. Brought it home and replaced the belt and it runs better than a new one. Love the oil ring inside the block of the Packard piston. I runs in a pool of oil up over the ring and keeps the rod bearing lubed.
@wulfdogcat In my opinion these old compressors are so superior to the noise makers they make today. However currently I do use a newer compressor and its loud and slow to recover, only good thing about it is the crankcase is oil filled and has a sight glass. I ended up not being able to use this compressor as a unit, I found the tank had been weakend by rust.
i can tell you quite a bit about motors. its a repulsion induction motor. inside the motor there is a governor weight that actually either shorts out the commutator once the motor reaches full speed or it moves the brushes away from the commutator. the mechanism needs some WD-40 because its sticking and responding too slowly. easy fix though. check out some of my repulshion induction motors to see how they work
I think I have one like that it was left by my 97 year old tenement It sound like the brushes are worn down and maybe the stator is ground down a bit . Mine has 2 brushes copper winding and looks like yours a bit. You can set them
do a safe pressure test on the air receiver by completely filling the receiver with water and pumping it to 300 lbs. If it fails, all that will happen is that a slight amount of water will leak out . Don't ever test a receiver by filling it with air. It will explode like a bomb if it fails.
Spraycraftltd 5 months ago
that motor is a old repulsion induction motor, the crown spring might be gummed up
ryanmiller614 9 months ago
Yeah I worry about that one mine, but I can't see any rust on the outside, but I know it's probably on the inside. The modern ones have taps to drain them. Probably worth it to get a modern tank and put the old stuff on it. Have you ever heard of those feroweld rods by lincoln? They sure work good, course so do the nickel rods I love welding with them.
wulfdogcat 1 year ago
Those old compressors are great. My wife bought me one from a garage sale made by Packard in 1956. Brought it home and replaced the belt and it runs better than a new one. Love the oil ring inside the block of the Packard piston. I runs in a pool of oil up over the ring and keeps the rod bearing lubed.
wulfdogcat 1 year ago
@wulfdogcat In my opinion these old compressors are so superior to the noise makers they make today. However currently I do use a newer compressor and its loud and slow to recover, only good thing about it is the crankcase is oil filled and has a sight glass. I ended up not being able to use this compressor as a unit, I found the tank had been weakend by rust.
SmallEngineMechanic 1 year ago
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she,s a oldie,looks ok tho??????? is it for sale??
Liamautomechanic 1 year ago
she,s a oldie,looks ok tho???????
Liamautomechanic 1 year ago
i can tell you quite a bit about motors. its a repulsion induction motor. inside the motor there is a governor weight that actually either shorts out the commutator once the motor reaches full speed or it moves the brushes away from the commutator. the mechanism needs some WD-40 because its sticking and responding too slowly. easy fix though. check out some of my repulshion induction motors to see how they work
1944johndeerel 1 year ago
cool, would not mind owning that.
coffeefish 1 year ago
how much was it?
th19940305 1 year ago
a beautiful little machine and useful to have in the shop.
GatheringSticks 1 year ago
I think I have one like that it was left by my 97 year old tenement It sound like the brushes are worn down and maybe the stator is ground down a bit . Mine has 2 brushes copper winding and looks like yours a bit. You can set them
ncrdisabled 1 year ago
compressor needs cleaning or the valves
30GB 1 year ago