My New (to me) Air Compressor! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

mikajo39 · 03-03-2010, 09:25 PM

Last Friday in autoshop, I noticed an old aircompressor sitting around in the shop. I ask my teacher what it was here for and he said it's just old, works fine, and it's FREE! So I took him up on his offer right away. We loaded it up in the chevy after school and took it home. It's slow, covered in garage grease, but it's super quiet. The motor is an old old old Wagner electric company Induction repulsion 1/2 hp motor and the compressor is an old Speedaire. The tank is a 15 gallon or so and it's from 1931 and is about as solid as a rock. I'm gonna clean it up and take goood care of it.

**Ron 586** · 03-03-2010, 09:48 PM

Can't beat the price. If it will do what you need it to do until you can do better, that's great.

mikajo39 · 03-03-2010, 09:59 PM

It's a big tank so it does more than enough, It's either 15 or a 20 gallon tank and it gets up to pressure quick enough for me, and it holds enough air to power an impact gun!

**El Jay** · 03-03-2010, 10:05 PM

Great score.
I'd fab up some sort of a belt guard if it didn't come with one though.

mikajo39 · 03-03-2010, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Jay

Great score.
I'd fab up some sort of a belt guard if it didn't come with one though.

Yeah my teacher gave me a "Keep fingers away from it, it bites" The motor weighs a ton and has ridiculous torque, I looked it up it's a induction repulsion motor, and it doesn't use brushes, it just uses them to start up and kicks off to induction mode. But I love the blasted thing! As ugly as it is

Jack_71C10 · 03-05-2010, 06:52 PM

You need to change the oil in the compressor ASAP.
I'm always replacing air compressors that customers do not
properly maintain.

mikajo39 · 03-06-2010, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack_71C10

You need to change the oil in the compressor ASAP.
I'm always replacing air compressors that customers do not
properly maintain.

Did the day I got it, Still dirty I know, I have no idea how much abuse it saw, but it was free. i'll empty it out tomorrow and refill i'm not frettin much. If it goes out i'll just rummage up another compressor pump and fab it up.

03-03-2010, 09:25 PM	#1
mikajo39 Gearhead and audio junkie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: nunyah Posts: 452	My New (to me) Air Compressor! Last Friday in autoshop, I noticed an old aircompressor sitting around in the shop. I ask my teacher what it was here for and he said it's just old, works fine, and it's FREE! So I took him up on his offer right away. We loaded it up in the chevy after school and took it home. It's slow, covered in garage grease, but it's super quiet. The motor is an old old old Wagner electric company Induction repulsion 1/2 hp motor and the compressor is an old Speedaire. The tank is a 15 gallon or so and it's from 1931 and is about as solid as a rock. I'm gonna clean it up and take goood care of it.

03-03-2010, 09:48 PM	#2
Ron 586 RIP Mr Ron Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Big Sandy, Tn. 38221 Posts: 8,150	Re: My New (to me) Air Compressor! Can't beat the price. If it will do what you need it to do until you can do better, that's great. __________________ Ron (Mr Round Tuit) Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle TN Message Forum TN Facebook Group SETN Truck Show My Photobucket

03-03-2010, 09:59 PM	#3
mikajo39 Gearhead and audio junkie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: nunyah Posts: 452	Re: My New (to me) Air Compressor! It's a big tank so it does more than enough, It's either 15 or a 20 gallon tank and it gets up to pressure quick enough for me, and it holds enough air to power an impact gun!

03-03-2010, 10:05 PM	#4
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: My New (to me) Air Compressor! Great score. I'd fab up some sort of a belt guard if it didn't come with one though. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck

03-05-2010, 06:52 PM	#6
Jack_71C10 Shortbed club member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Halethorpe, MD Posts: 439	Re: My New (to me) Air Compressor! You need to change the oil in the compressor ASAP. I'm always replacing air compressors that customers do not properly maintain.



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