Thanks for all the help! I went out tonite to do some more
troubleshooting, and decided to take the main line off from the head to the
tank...imagine my surprise when I found it was putting out good pressure! I
then found one of the brass compression fittings gone on the copper tube at
the tank end, someone had used a rubber piece to try to seal it. Funny thing
is, I couldn't hear it hissing, or feel any air coming out near there, but
must have been. I then re-attached the tube to the head, and ran a high
pressure hose to my remote tank...it built pressure up fine. Whew! Then, I
found a leak at the head, I had noticed a dimple on the top plate seat , so I
used some Liquid Steel to fix that, no more leak! So, looks like I need just
a simple brass compression fitting now to complete the repairs, and get it
operational.
I did go the Sears repair center, and they pulled up a diagram, but it
got blurry as the lady Zoomed in on it, so it was rather hard to tell if it
was the correct compressor or not. I couldn't return the non-stocked gaskets
either if I had ordered them with the wrong #, so I just wound up making my
own from some auto store sheet gasket material. They worked fine. Thanks for
your responses, I've learned alot about compressors, reed valves, and other
useful stuff this week. Should have it running by the weekend, maybe do some
work with my air tools for a change, lol. 'Preciate the help, keep on Ol'
Truckin' !
Jerry
itching to get some air tools moving on my Ol Suburban parts...sand blast
away!
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