Recent content by junkscouts

Hey, are you sayin' my compressor's oily? Ok, I ordered the seal too, thanks. Anyone know what a good torque would be for those head bolts?

Just talked to Grainger and they were nice enough to e-mail me a parts list. I also found this link by trying to look up a part number: http://parts.sears.com/partsdirect/part-model/Craftsman-Parts/Air-compressor-Parts/Model-106173940/0247/0703000/00035983/00001?blt=06&prst=&shdMod= which is...

Well, I pulled the head and one reed was stuck open with crud, one was mangled and a third was completely broken off, no wonder it wasn't pumping. The cylinder walls look great, with minimal scoring. Unfortunately I broke the head gasket when I was pulling the head off. Does anyone sell just...

Thanks guys. That is exactly what I needed. I'm gonna pull the head off to make sure I don't need anything else, and then order the valves.

Hi All, I need some parts for this old Campbell Hausfeld compressor pump but the label is gone off the tank and I can’t figure out what model it is. Does anyone recognize it? It’s a 1 HP motor and about a 10 gallon tank. The only numbers I can find are L1614 on the pump and 12610 on the...

Ok, if being scared to turn it on means its vintage then this one qualifies. I walked away the first time I plugged it in, but since then I’ve been using it in my garage mainly to blow out carbs when being rebuilt. It gets up to a little above 100 PSI but runs out of air fairly quickly if you...

Is this what you were using? You said a metal strap wrench so I wasn't sure. I've found these work better than anything else I've tried. I even had a filter that one of those Jiffy Lube type places put on so tight nothing worked, not even thr screwdriver through the filter. I finally just...

I swear some of the axle tube to spring u-bolts go in the 175 range, most everything else is 80-110 or so. I've found the torque wrenches (clickers) that max at 150 wear out too quickly when working on cars, too many torques near the max of the tool. I switched to a max 250 ft lb wrench...