Recent content by littledog

thanks for all the feedback on the battery charger. i also thought it belonged in a museum when i first saw it sitting under the bench at the garage sale. i will have to research that possibility when i get some free time.

found it at a garage sale. i am sure it would have gone to scrappers had i not saved it. the elderly gentlemen i bought it from had closed up his auto repair shop decades ago and brought it home where it sat collecting dust under a work bench in his very nice home shop. he said he bought the...

this is a Constant Potential System 12 0r 24 volt battery charger made by the Eager Electric co. it was said to have charged the batteries for the electric and gas auto in the early decades of the 1900's (not sure of the exact time it was first in use, there is little to none info online)...

here is an ad from the Amarican Exporter, volume 91, August 1922 with the same compressor with a larger tank.

1920's vintage compressor, now with pics Garage sale find recently. Looks to be all original as far as i can tell and preserved under decades of oil. motor run fine (love those repulsion/induction motors) and the pressure gauge started to show air going in the tank. The manufacture is Baker...

jack vines the finned tube connecting the the two cylinders is the "intercooler" and the small tank under the pump is the "after cooler" with a drain plug to drain off the water. i have one similar in style from the 1920's i will post on here when i finally figure out how to post pics.

i finally was able to remove the valve assembles......long time soaking in liquid-wrench and light tapping with hammer. found some broken valve springs which i a am sure would affect the performance of the pump.

1/2 cup.............thanks for the tip.....still trying to get the lay of the land here....littledog

hello from little dog in northern ca (go giants). have been visiting here off and on, always gleaming useful information along the way. recently came across a 1968-9 vintage k-a 331 (pump and tank only) made for sears that was cheap enough to take a chance on a rebuild. i will want to...