Recent content by mechanicalman

Success! I used that top schematic as my template for how the motor was wired and everything made sense very quickly. Here's how I determined the motor was wired. That first schematic I labeled was completely wrong. Here's that schematic from ISOVOLT again (we're using the top one): And...

It looks like my motor actually jives with another schematic that I very stupidly didn't include when I posted a screen cap of the ISOVOLT instruction sheet. I believe my motor works with the top schematic. Previously I only posted the bottom two because I thought the top one was for dual...

So I'm trying to figure out how to wire the ISOVOLT DMS03U starter to my motor, but I'm having trouble figuring out where to connect the N terminal. The terminal box on top of the motor has four wires coming into it from the motor housing/stator. One of them is the lead going to the centrifugal...

Got the crankshaft off the motor shaft after soaking it in PB Blaster for a few days and making another go with my homemade puller. Once the crankshaft was off I was able to make pretty rapid progress taking the rest of the motor apart. After getting the rotor out I was able to see the...

Not to thread-jack, but I started a thread for the Airstar 5 compressor I got a good deal that needs some work. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3127997#post3127997

And here's another album with imageshack since I know everyone wants to see pictures directly in the thread.

So here goes my first post. I was looking for aftercoolers and air dryers on craigslist when I came across a dentist selling his old Air Techniques Airstar 5 compress with one bad head for the steep sum of $150. After reading this thread and not finding a good reason to risk it. I brought it...