Recent content by Gr8whthunter76

That makes sense! I cleaned that mechanism and the first time it tripped over I about jumped out my skin, so that is working good. That fixed the tremendous sparking issue at first. The low pressure part sounds feasible too. I'll keep plugging away at it. Cant give up I'm invested in it now lol...

Well dang it, this thing is going to be more trouble then it's worth I think. They must have just never ran it over a certain amount of pressure so that it could start each time cause there is no unloader on it at all. I suppose I could figure something out to help unload some of the pressure...

I'm guessing whatever the heck those two things are on top of the cylinder must have something to do with being unloaders if that truly is a poppet valve. They didn't look like they came out though or anyway to clean. I don't wanna take the head off cause I am sure knowing my luck I'll wreck the...

Is that what the coupler looking thing is at the top of the pipe? I know the one is just a union, but couldn't figure out what that top piece is. Would still need an unloader though wouldn't it?

Just wondering if anyone can help in identifying this compressor. It's a classic farmer fix up I know, homemade tank, motor mount and compressor mount. Dang solid though surprisingly. I took the pressure switch off for now and it is just hotwired while I wait on my new switch. Was actually able...