Recent content by KenMathisHD

Aye, I’m admittedly not so great in just jumping into stuff. I’d rather ask before I mess up what I’ve got though - helps me understand a bit more. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Also, on another note, what should I do to keep the inside of the tank from rusting once all of the water is drained out? Just close it up and put a bit of pressure in it? Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

It was a cheapo Lucas mini grease gun. I’ve got a different one that works off my other air compressor but it wouldn’t hold water so I didn’t use it at the time. I’ll ditch the zerk, get some grease and see if I can get an adapter that goes from the end of the hose to the 1/4 opening I have...

The grease will work for this? It won’t gunk up the drain on the tank? Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Hi guys, I tried to test my air tank today without much success. I watched a video where a dude tested his using a grease gun filled with water, so I went out, bought a hand pump grease gun, put everything together, filled the tank and cylinder with water, but couldn’t get water to actually...

Thanks Lake! I’ll look through the listings and call them when it comes morning. What do the U or R stamps stand for in this - is there one or the other that’s better to specify when searching for companies?

The tank is somewhat old, it’s ASME plate is stamped 98. I couldn’t quite fit a flashlight in there - if I could get a boroscope that works with my iPhone I’d be all over it. I’m half tempted to get an older Samsung tablet to have for keeping manuals, records, tool programs and whatnot since...

So upon coming home I decided to better look over the air tank I had and noticed that some of the paint was peeling/flaking at what I’m guessing is the bottom weld. Curious, I took a wire brush to knock some of the flaking paint off, and noticed rust on the bottom of the tank. I went further and...

Is the armature the thing is still can’t get disconnected from the pump in the last picture on page 1 here, which would make the black circle piece on the end opposite of the pump the flyweights? Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

The motor was working when it was stored, though I haven’t been able to test it yet - during it’s storage it became the home of multiple mud dauber nests and I didn’t want to risk the nests catching fire if I tested it. I’m trying to pull the stator out to see if I’ve gotten all the abandoned...

NC Rick, in your motor, where were the laminations located if you don’t mind my asking? I know they won’t be in the same place in different motors, but I figure if I understand where they’re most likely to be located I could probably poke round and look in a similar area in this motor Sent...

Pic of the stator in it’s current predicament from both sides

This is what I was talking about with part of the motor still being attached to the pump, it was pulled out when I pulled the pump frame out, there’s a weight on the front that I can’t seem to pull off and I reckon it’s hiding whatever is holding the thing on there. Any ideas?

I was going to see if I could mount a pulley to the shaft of the motor and use a different pump but as of yet I haven’t been able to get the shaft disconnected from the pump - if I can’t do that then the motor is lost and I start looking around for pieces for building a belt driven system.

After reading this I got the idea to look at the opposite end of the motor for answers - was able to take everything off of both ends and expose the stator winding on both sides, but the coils of copper on both ends of the cage seem to stick out too much to allow the stator to pull out and...