Recent content by Mike1919

Sorry, I missed that one, here is what I got with the power on and the motor humming, line voltage read at 119 and the motor voltage straight off the contactor read 112 volts

Here are the contactor points, I gave them a pretty decent sanding and am still getting the same results, it can start about 2/5 times regardless of pressure in the system or not, I'm going to try to get the rotor out but something is holding it to the compressor so I'm guessing the shaft is...

Well, this is the final run, I'm putting new SAE 30 compressor oil in it, the oil that I drained was spotless, however it looked kind of thick but was hard to tell, I also noticed a bunch of this sealant around what looks like the pressure release switch which, to my knowledge, wouldn't have...

Thank you, I think I'm going to change the oil so I for sure know that there's a lightweight compressor oil in there and that they didn't put automotive oil in, then I'll put it together just enough to try to start it and start measuring voltages, another thing I found very odd is I couldn't...

It looks like they just go into the windings which is where I become lost, the capacitor has two terminals consisting of a black and a white wire clipped on via spade terminals

I did find that suspicious too being such a large capacitor but didn't think too much of it as it seems pretty properitary to the compressor being threaded in and all, the old one was 120 and looked identical but who's to say someone didn't already change it before me with the wrong one. Upon...

Nice! I never could find a brand on this one but using the whole Google lens AI thing it mentioned something about a DevilBiss but I'm not too sure

Nice, I'm about 350 miles north of you!

That's what I was thinking but shouldn't that be negated if I tried starting it with the air line pulled off of the head?

That's what I was kind of worried about, I had those out and fully pulled the end cap on the motor but could not for the life of me, separate the motor or even pull the rotor out of the pump

That's what I was concerned about but I couldn't find the switch, is there a possibility it's on the other side of the motor, and if so, can you even separate the motor from the compressor assembly?

Love it, those Suzuki samurais can be very capable, that particular one looks very clean!

Hello folks, I just joined the forum and didn't want to start with a question in my intro post so here goes my second post! I recently got this CH twin tank air compressor for next to nothing with a motor that can't start itself, it just hums, loudly hums, it's very clean for its age and doesn't...

Good afternoon or morning folks depending on your time zone. I haven't been on an online forum in years due to Facebook flooding the environment with discussion pages but sometimes, you can't beat a good old Internet thread type forum. Anyways, I've been tinkering around with more and more...