Recent content by TurboAWDFanatic

Not sure on the policy. Have to dig out the paperwork. No worries, though, found an unused outlet next to the hot water heater which is in an enclosure right next to my garage. It runs off a 20amp in my condo. Works fine now, just have to run about 10' of extension chord when I use the...

Alright...finally, the resolution to this problem. I've barely had a chance to even flip the lights on in the garage this month, much less do any work. This weekend I *finally* got the time to grab some heavy extension chord and test the compressor on a known good 20amp circuit. What do you...

Thanks for the insight, Vicegrip. I'm leaving town for a week but I'll look into things and then post a followup if I find out what's wrong.

So many comments for me to respond to! :) First off, I do appreciate the comments on safety. Safety is #1 in my book and I'm never under a car without being sure it is secure. I'm not actually going to need much more height with the stands at all. I guess I mis-spoke before...I don't really...

Thanks for all the info guys! I'm already using my heavy duty truck jack stands, but they're still not high enough on their own. Just to put you at ease, I won't be under the car when its lifted this high. Just raising it to slide the motor/trans under, then loweing the car back down to...

definitely working on concrete in the garage. I'm thinking 4 inches might be enough clearance. Thanks!

What is the safest way to lift jack stands to increase they're effective height? I need to lift the front end of my Eclipse high enough to slide the engine/transmission under it to lift it back into place. When I dropped the engine down while pulling it, I had to push my jack stands further...

One tip that has saved me hours is to re-thread any bolt back into its original hole that you can after the part is taken off...that way you know for sure where it came from. Obviously with a frame off you might not be able to do that as much depending on what you want to do to the body, but...

Exactly my thoughts this morning. It's a fairly mobile air compressor so I'll try moving it over to an outlet inside my condo close to the circuit breaker. (I have better control of the electrical in my actual condo, its just the garages that are all running off a panel on the exterior) I'll...

Can't do much save lugging my compressor over to an outlet next to the breaker. Might get some weird looks from the neighbors, though. (Just moved here, don't want to piss anyone off) :p I'll find some place to try it soon and come back with the results.

Okay, I did some further testing. I pressurized the tank to about 90psi and turned it off (it made a short*hiss* sound like it should when i shut it off). I separated the line from the motor to the tank: no pressure loss. I switched the motor on and it started up instantly (spitting air out...

I'm planning on doing this, just don't know of a good place to try yet. I'll keep you updated.

Thanks for the quick response! This checked out fine. No leaks, check valve must be okay. Unfortunately, I live in a condo, not a house. The circuit breaker is at the end of the row of garages. I really have no way of telling what's on the circuit, nor do I think HOA would be happy with...

Sorry for the long post, just want to lay out the details to make it easier: I have a Craftsman 25 gal 5.5hp (heh, yeah right) upright single piston oil free air compressor (model 919.165190). It starts up just fine when I first turn it on and it will run flawlessly to fill the tank to full...