Recent content by SSolomon

Hi jscott14, I know this is an old thread, but I was searching around for info on this same leak happening to my compressor and found your diagram and explanation, which were really helpful. Thanks.

It didn't even occur to me to search welding supply shops. I wish I had thought of that before deciding to do it myself. I'm surprised none of the compressor distributors I spoke with knew this.

I called around a bunch of different air compressor places in town. They all told me the only one they know of that tests tanks is the state inspector. I sincerely doubt the state is going to come by my house and certify a tank, so I decided to do it on my own. I sure wish I could have found...

Yeah, pressurized vessels certainly make me nervous. Fortunately, the test itself went off without a hitch. I obviously don't have a way of doing the submerged method, but filling with water and pressurizing with a grease gun worked reasonably well. I just didn't anticipate the mess of grease...

I don't have a pressure washer, so I just filled a bucket with hot water from the shower and funneled it into the tank with a healthy dose of purple power. After rocking the tank back and forth a bunch to stir the solution around and waiting a few minutes, I removed the bottom plug and let it...

It seems like the water is just flowing over/under/around the big blobs of grease that are in there. Wouldn't the degreaser also just flow past? Seems like I'd have to use a ton to get the job done. What about plugging up the drain, putting a couple gallons of water in and dumping in some...

I hate to bring up an old thread, but I just finished doing the grease gun pressure test myself on a Champion 80 gallon tank, and I have a question. I did my best to fill it completely with water, but there must have been some air in the tank because I had to use basically an entire tube of...