Recent content by GeeVine

Thank you for your reply. Your advice seems sound. As it turns out, I am going to need to do an overhaul on compressor. The seals are leaking pressure. Not bad yet, but given age of it things will only get worse. Also, the dad-gum motor burned up today, so there's that to deal with now. It's all...

tanks are from B17 bomber. My neighbor, who gave it to me, said his father worked on B17's at Love Field in 1950's. Unfortunately the 60 year old motor burned up today while I was running it up to check for pressure leaks in air lines. I shall have to replace it. I also discovered that seals in...

The story I got from the person who gave it to me is that the tanks are from a B17. Thank you for replying. I was leaning towards it being an old Craftsman compressor, based on some of the accessories that came with it. I will certainly look into Brunner. Thanks again.

I recently came into possession of a vintage air compressor, which I have thoroughly cleaned and repainted, after converting to 110 volt. I have one problem though. Compressor is missing air breather assembly. Compressor has no identifying marks or numbers. Was manufactured before 1960's...