Recent content by tkcas01

As everyone has been so helpful and there seems to be interest in the Kellogg American compressors I thought I would post a pic of the entire thing...

Thanks all for your help. Great experience with my first time posting on this forum! One final question - assuming this is a Kellogg American, and from the pix it would seem so - what kind of oil is used in the pump?

Thought of this, but worried they might fall to pieces when wet and the water system would be shut down until I found replacements. I can still give it a try, though. Somewhere I had read about oiling them? Does that apply to this kind of filter?

Hmmm, that is interesting. Those numbers look similar to one stamped on the cylinder head of the pump - 320K480. Maybe that is the model of the pump? Might it be similar to the 321TV shown on your link?

Thanks. THAT part we have down. Drain it several times a year.

Can't make out anything on the pump itself. The motor is 2 HP, 1750 RPM. Good advice on the oil. Yes, as a rule my Dad's definition of "maintenance" was fixing something once it broke, not PM.

Thanks - I suspected that might be one option, but do I need to worry about capacity, or the amount of air that can be pulled in per stroke. Are those essentially "one size fits all?"

I am trying to help keep things maintained around my Mom's place and there is this OLD compressor that is in constant use in conjunction with the water well. I got curious about the filters on the air intake and it looks like they have not been changed/cleaned in a LONG time! Thing is, I can't...