Recent content by Glen1978

Head gasket is junk. The side crank gasket was perfect but it tore at the very bottom. I thought I had it all the way around.

Well I guess Ive got nothing to lose really.

There is that. Im not seeing any bearings though. Not on the low pressure rod side that I noticed. But yes it could be smeared.

Yes one on each end. What Ive always done. Heat/feeeze

Bearings have to be pressed on. Rod assembly bolts right on no issue.

So looking online at Industrial Air Power out of Muskego, Wisconsin they seem to be legit. I ran part numbers and what I come up with. The crank is the weird part. If you buy crank bare its $130.**. Bearings are $12.20 and $7.81. If you buy the crank assembly with bearings on already it will...

Kinda what I thought. Now to find best place for parts and decide if worth to tear down (mostly already done) and rebuild with crank, rod, piston. Or buy a pump assembly. These things are stupid simple.

I paid $700 for it. If I can get out for less than $2500 total Ill feel good about it.

Well tore into it today. High pressure side grenaded. Looks like rod broke and chewed up crank and piston. Everything else looks mint. Barely any gunk on top of either piston. Cylinder walls still have cross hatching but high psi side has some little rusty spots that you can hang a nail...

I bought a used Quincy QT 7.5 compressor today from a fella. He bought it out of a denture manufacturing biz that went under. Its a 2020 model. Clean as a pin. Hooked up and it blows pretty hard out of the crankcase breather with some oil droplets as well. Doesnt seem to make much air. Air...