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Compressor is complete! Runs nice and quiet and gets to 0-200 psi in roughly 14 minutes. Quite happy with it. New valves, new piston rings, new seals all around, everything cleaned and painted. Took about 3 weeks to complete. -Matt

Yes it was automotive paint, using 40 psi and air gun, followed by automotive clear coat. -Matt

Sorry about the sideways pics! If you click on each individual pic it will come up full screen rightside up. I painted it metallic green to match the other tools in my shop. Unfortunately the metallic doesn't show up too well in the pics. I bought the Kellogg American decal on Ebay. There...

Got the tank painted today. Here are a few pics, two before painting, and the rest afterwards. Now it is on to rebuilding the pump! I'll post more pics as it happens, but it probably won't be all that soon. Got about 14 other projects to do too! -Matt

Yes I did use a boroscope first. Saw lots of oil and gunk and knew I needed to get the plugs out. Rust is not very bad (thanks to oil coating the tank I suppose!). There are no pinholes and nope I'm not doing any welding to the tank. I may have it hydro tested but doubtful. This was removed...

No I had to get them open as the tank needed to be cleaned out. I've done enough of this kind of work to know when I 'might' have a chance at ruining something and I knew that would not happen. -Matt

This is the easiest way I found to remove stuck 2" inspection plugs in an air compressor. I have a 1967 Kellogg American and these plugs would just not move. They had obviously not been removed since installation back in 1967! I tried heat with Acetylene, a 3 foot breaker bar and sockets, and...

I'm trying to remove the bottom plug on this same model air compressor and it just will not budge...heat and impact gun and extra long breaker bar and still nothing. So it looks like I will have to cut it out. Problem is that I'm worried about finding a replacement for it. It appears to be 2...