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rebuilding a quincy compressor oil pump

crann

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i have a quincy 325 compressor (1969 vintage ) . the question is can the oil pump be rebuilt with new parts? i was told by the local quincy repair shop that i need a new oil pump and they are not rebuildable. seems odd when the rest of the compressor is totally rebuildable.
any sources out there for used quincy parts?? HELP!!!
the quote on a new oil pump is scary expensive. thanks in advance, thomas
 
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In 25 years I have never seen a Quincy oil pump wear out, but I suppose it can happen (I would need some decent photographs to see what the shop considers worn out). I presume it's the older vane style pump which can wear out vanes, groove the oil pump ring, or break tension springs, but all of that should be fixable. I would give the lube system a major going over, since I would think it is a problem elsewhere other than the pump. There are other things that could prevent it from working, like a bad pressure regulator, a missing o-ring on the end of the crankshaft, plugged suction line, wrong rotation for the setting of the oil pump, or an oil pressure bleed valve on the crank that isn't working correctly.

Make sure the ring that the vanes spin inside is properly set for the rotation of the pump. The vanes are supposed to pull the ring to the proper position, but they rarely (never) do, so it is up to the operator to move it to where it should be. I have no idea how well the shop knows Quincys, so they may have done all of this already.

It should not be hard to source used Quincy oil pump parts from a decent compressor shop. The entire end bearing carrier can be swapped out for a newer style with geroter style pump and the spin-on filter if you wanted to. You might need to re-shim the oil seal carrier a few thou to get proper end float on the crank, but that's easy.
 
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crann

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thanks for the response MAC. the pump is an older style vane pump and was told the vanes are worn down. did not get much more of a description of its problems. i called quincy today and was told the vanes could be lapped along with other mating surfaces , and to repack the pump with vaseline and try to prime the pump again. if time warrants , hopefully i will get to the quincy shop tomorrow and find out more. will bring along some of the suggestions you gave. thomas
 
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crann

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the tech person at quincy said parts were no longer available for that pump. there may be parts numbers listed, but i assumed the tech guy was up to speed on availability.
PCMEINERS, was it your experience that parts are currently available ? that would make quite the difference from buying a new pump. by the way i went to school on staten island many years ago. different place now.
 

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Not from Quincy, google and place....Quincy and the part # in the search. The results I pulled came up with suppliers and part prices. As to vanes, I made some from phenolic pieces for a vacuum pump, cheap but a bit of work.

" by the way i went to school on staten island many years ago. different place now. "
It used to be the country, <20,000 people when I was a kid, now it approx. 379000 , now it is traffic jams and rude people.
 
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crann

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thanks PCMEINERS. i will investigate google sources for parts.

lived near the ferry, before there was a bridge to brooklyn. was a fine place to live back then. thomas
 

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I apologize if ********* an old wound by revisiting this old post, but I am working on this similar style vane pump and am interested in what conclusion you came to with yours?
 

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Thank you Machine, I appreciate the heads up. I have read that a lot of the 25 and 50 stuff is interchangeable and some of the 14/16 roc stuff. I wonder if there is a year with a screw on filter that would work.. I'm going to give mine a cleaning and send it, if it has to be replaced I guess I'll do that full swap after trying. I appreciate the heads up on the interchangeability its good to know.
 
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