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Thanks for your help, info and comments, I found a local person who specializes in air compressors who came over to see it and he said it's a home made unit with a refrigeration compressor. Just doing updates to the unit now to bring it up to par.

the electric motor runs at 1750 rpm. I see that there are 2hp motors with the same rpm rating. was hoping for a bit more without over heating the pump. is there a tester I can hook up to the compressor or a method of finding out what the cfm and psi rating on this unit? i wish it had the metal...

Thanks Larry for the advise. It does have 2 pistons and I know it was running air tools. I was hoping for an air compressor that would help me paint motorcycles or run a sand blasting cabinet that would keep up and not be constantly running. Not even sure of the tank size as there's no...

possible. the gentleman who's auction it came from, was known for rebuilding airplane parts. looks strong enough to handle a larger engine than 3/4HP!!

bought this air compressor at an auction recently BUT can't find any info on the unit except the motor which is a Teco (Eatons of Canada) and is a 3/4HP motor and from 1962 or just earlier. Also wondering if anyone thinks it's ok to upgrade to a 3HP motor or even a 5HP (that's maybe pushing...