My "new" air compressor

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My "new" air compressor

Post by Maltelec » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:48 pm

I've been repairing my air compressor I bought for a while now. But it finally mostly almost works:

I've got the vehicle, just need the boat.
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Re: My "new" air compressor

Post by Maltelec » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:54 pm

I bought it cheap but it had apparently been overhauled and ready for work.

There was a very satisfying clunk as it went over TDC and BDC. Once I had taken it apart, I found the crank pin bearing was broken in half and the piston bearings were shot.

Fortunately the valves were new.

My dad has cast a new crank pin bearing with white metal and bored it out. He also bored out the piston and made a new pin. I have cleaned it all, checked the main bearings, painted everything and reassembled it. I've also repaired the oil pump.

I have also done all the electrics/electronics for the motor. Its a 3-phase motor running through a 3-phase inverter.

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The compressor is 24" up to the middle of the head.
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These are the parts to the valves.
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Flywheel, was almost impossible to remove because the key had been hammered in too hard.
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Head being painted.
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Compressor after taking the sump off.
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I've got the vehicle, just need the boat.
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Re: My "new" air compressor

Post by Dhutch » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:20 pm

Looks like some nice work done and a cracking piece of kit. What are you planing to use it for? Im sure it will last for ever but it seems quite a labour of love for something just too push air into an airtank.

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Re: My "new" air compressor

Post by merump » Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:29 am

My old air compressor is not working properly any more and due to this I also thought about repairing the compressor. I think I won't repair the old air compressor and instead buy a new one. I think if I would repair the machine it would break down any time soon in any case and so the work would be all for nothing. I decided to take an air compressor rental into consideration in order to bypass the time until I find a cheap offer for a new air compressor.
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Re: My "new" air compressor

Post by Maltelec » Sat Mar 10, 2012 7:34 pm

An update to the compressor:

I've got the vehicle, just need the boat.
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