Recent content by SmokeySkypilot

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I've talked with a number of plumbers in our area and haven't found any who do hydrostatic testing. Many of them didn't even know what it is. The few that did know said it takes a specialist. The closest I've found is roughly 100 miles away and told me that I could buy a new tank for less...

Nearly 10 years after my wife's death, I got remarried 4 years ago. A lot of stuff got moved to the garage and I can barely see the top of the compressor. If the attached photos don't show enough, when it cools enough to work in the garage I'll try to get some better ones. As I mentioned, the...

My apologies for the delay in answering all the replies. A death in the family has put me behind on more tasks than I can count. Maybe I can get my gastroenterologist to loan me an endoscope. :) Maybe I can find a boroscope from one of our local plumbers. It took an engine hoist to get the...

I'm not sure what a boroscope is?

I was given a commercial air compressor (30 gallon tank?) with one date on the compressor and one on the tank. I can't remember which was which, but the dates are 1917 and 1920. I've been told to slowly pressure up the unit to test the tank, to have the tank hydrostatically tested (cost would be...