Recent content by jeffesonm

I ended up mounting both the compressor and the new tank to concrete slabs I had lying around from an old walkway. I still need to clean up the air lines a bit and add a little roof to keep it somewhat protected from the elements. It's under the actual roof overhang but still gets some...

I am finally get this thing put back together. The motor is wired for 220V and has two hot wires but nowhere I can tell to connect the ground wire. Do I just put a wire nut on the ground? That feels wrong.......

Not sure what the tank was originally used for, but it does have a tag that says max working pressure 200 PSI. Got my water pressure test setup going today. I used the hose to fill the tank until it was coming out the top, then closed the ball valve on top. Water pressure brought it up to...

Picked up my "new" tank... it's actually older than the other one with a born-on-date of 1946. It came from an industrial setting though and looks perfect. I can see clearly through both of the 2" ports and the tank is clean and rust free inside. It's a 60 gallon and already has a drain on...

Another happy Bosch customer... I've had this 18v drill/impact for just over three years now and it's been great. I'm not easy on my tools (including leaving the drill/driver out in the rain a few times) and I've had zero issues. Batteries are still going strong.

Oil pressure was at 10 or so. I was able to adjust it up to 19 using the adjustment screw. Maybe the unloader valve never opened due to low oil pressure so they were just disconnected? I guess I will try hooking them back up and see what happens. If I understand the operation correctly, I...

Thanks all for the input thus far. The piping from the compressor to the tank and from the tank to the regulator/filter/etc is all pretty rusty inside. I think I will use my buddy's 60 gal receiver tank instead of this old one, but hydro test that newer one as well. Here is the inside of the...

Here are some better pictures of the compressor: There was a drain on the tank about 1/3 of the way up the one side. With maybe 20 psi in the tank, I tiled it over with the tractor and opened the drain. There was a constant stream of water coming out for probably 5+ minutes. I watched...

Hi all - I picked up this compressor today off Craigslist. It starts up, sounds (pretty good to the untrained ear), charges the tank to 140 psi and shuts off. Drained the oil before I laid it down in the truck, and it looked pretty good. Was owned by mechanic (who recently passed) so...