Recent content by Saylor Bill

http://tinyurl.com/6zvst7w this is the "little Thing" I referred to above.

Our old technology charger---the old tin breadbox on wheels type (from Sears I think) battery charger---had trickle charge and kind of jump-start mode----is now kaput. I know battery charger technology has come a long way in 10 years or more since that old one was purchased. we have several...

Hey Kams! I did get my flwheel from the man in Texas----I'm just now getting around to installing it---I'm not sure which way it should go on----which way the vanes should face---in fact I can't tell which way it would be blowing and which way would be pulling air----I assume one wants it to...

Doh! No, I neglected to do that. I pulled the trigger today with the guy Kams mentioned. He is indeed a very nice man and very knowledgable (spl?) RE compressors. He stocks some Saylor-Beall OEM parts in addition to the imports. Its hard to imagine that an OEM flywheel could be less than a...

Thanks Kams! I emailed them last night and have a reply this morning----$175 including shipping to my SC. I think I'm gonna go that route. I appreciate the invaluable advice and input of you all. JB

wow! $160 shipped?! that is from the place you posted before? I assume you were happy with the one you got from them? That sounds like the way to go---only 60 mor than welding it. JB

I finally made it to the nearest welding shop that does 'tricky' stuff. They said they can definitely weld the crack----but since it is so near the bolt that secures the flywheel to the pump shaft by squeezing the hub slightly-- they are concerned that the weld---since it won't flex at all MAY...

Hello---I'm new here and found my way via googling my new-to-me Saylor Beall 705 compressor. I found a thread here from back in 2006 in which another fellow had also acquired a 705 and was trying to get it up and running. Turned out he had a broken crankshaft and the last post leaves us in...