Recent content by cypherzion751

I dislocated my arm yesterday so this project will be put on hold until I am healed up. On the plus side I received an MCA Concours Gold award for my 1970 Mustang today in it's first show :)

I don't know what I am going to do yet, but I wasn't going to weld the tank on my own lol... I might try to find out what tank they suggest to replace it with since they don't manufacture replacement tanks for this model anymore.

I am not sure about the tank, but I am waiting to tear it apart until I get the new seals and gaskets for the cylinder. Once I do, I will check the inside of the tank before I do anything like talk to a pro welder. If I do fix it I will definitely weld it after cleaning out the rest of the...

I'll check them out too. There is a Grainger close by so I might stop in and check it out.

That's a good idea PT Doc, I'll give them a call to see if they might know. It is really shallow (it is probably about 1/64" deep at it's deepest point) so I am not too worried about it but it's better to be safe than sorry. I'm also probably going to keep it in an enclosure to keep the noise...

lol... so I decided to keep going since it doesn't leak and I made more progress today. Here are the pics before I put everything away for the day:

I made some progress on the compressor today, but also hit a setback. I was also able to find the serial # (12166-988568) as well as a correspondence number (FL-3301-02) whatever that is for. But time for some pics. I started with a rough cleanup of one of the ends. I went with 60 grit to 120...

Man, this stuff is expensive :P I'll have to think about those. Thank you for the response, it was really helpful :)

that would be great :) you can never have enough parts! PM sent.

Hi Everyone, Long time lurker here. I've started to become more active so I thought I should post an intro. My name's Alex and I'm from Seattle. I like fixing up old things whether it be cars or tools. I am currently building up my tool collection, which is what brought me to this site and...

That's weird that there was such a dramatic catastrophic failure since what normally results from a burst is only a small pinhole and a loud bang. It must have been a really bad tank for that to happen. The outside is only covered in minimal surface rust so as long as the inside is decent than...

I'm going to tear it all down since I was thinking about replacing all the seals, bending out new copper pipe and adding a new pressure regulator & water trap anyways. I don't know if I am going to tear apart the electric motor though, since it works well. I might just remove the motor and...

I was looking at engine enamel to repaint but I am not sure what to go with. I want to try to get a similar color as what it came with. I might go with Racing Green (Hunter) engine enamel by Dupli-color but it seems to dark. Detroit Diesel Alpine Green and Grabber Green are both lighter in...

Picked up an old compressor and I'm in the process of fixing it up. I thought that I'd keep track of the progress on here. After I got home: After half an hour with a scotch-brite pad and paint scraper:

if you want to go the green route, you can always use the Dupli-Color Grabber Green Engine Enamel. I know that you won't need high heat for the vise, but it's definitely green :D