BearsFan315
Well-known member
Scored a Kobalt K7060HFV via Craiglist this weekend...
Guy was advertising a Compressor for sale on Craigslist, made the call, took a ride, a long ride 2+ hours to pick it up and gamble what he actually had. As the ad was a little vague and so was his description. Said he bought it to paint cars, after some talking found it was a Kobalt, not sure of the exact model, but was a few years old barely used. so made a few calls and Me and a friend took a ride out to the house and when we got to the house and saw the Kobalt and overall it looked good, dusty and dirty. Found out it was:
Kobalt K7060HFV
w/ NS18S Pump & AO Smith motor
13.3 CFM @ 90 PSI
15.0 CFM @ 40 PSI
135Max PSI
We asked if we could fire it up and the guy stated sure but it takes 20+ minutes to get to pressure, my friend and i kinda looked at each other and were like it shouldn't. We did a once over, check connections & fittings. Flipped the switch and it fired up right away, humming along after about five minutes it was only at 20psi and did not sound too happy like it was sucking through a straw. we checked all fittings and no leaks. My friend decided to pull the air filter cover and then pulled the air filter out, once he flipped the swith off, cause he could not pull it out while running. Pulled the Air filter out and it was caked !!
That Blue is Paint, and the White ?!?! yeah Bondo
the only reason you can see the white in the top right is because we scraped the blue away to see if it was all paint caked or not... mostly bondo with blue top coat.
best part was flip over the filter and the bottom was like new:
This was a good sign !!
Flipped the compressor back on it hummed right along smoothly pressure took off, 30, 40, 60, up to 135 in under 5 minutes. That filter was it a clogged filter to say the least so I will be replacing that.
here are some shots of what we carried home:
the unit runs great , it cycles on and off no issues, and hold pressure, no leaks. think i will take some time clean it up and check and clean all connections. put some vibration pads on each foot, find it a home in my garage and the wire it up. plumb up a drain on it, and go from there.
Guy was advertising a Compressor for sale on Craigslist, made the call, took a ride, a long ride 2+ hours to pick it up and gamble what he actually had. As the ad was a little vague and so was his description. Said he bought it to paint cars, after some talking found it was a Kobalt, not sure of the exact model, but was a few years old barely used. so made a few calls and Me and a friend took a ride out to the house and when we got to the house and saw the Kobalt and overall it looked good, dusty and dirty. Found out it was:
Kobalt K7060HFV
w/ NS18S Pump & AO Smith motor
13.3 CFM @ 90 PSI
15.0 CFM @ 40 PSI
135Max PSI
We asked if we could fire it up and the guy stated sure but it takes 20+ minutes to get to pressure, my friend and i kinda looked at each other and were like it shouldn't. We did a once over, check connections & fittings. Flipped the switch and it fired up right away, humming along after about five minutes it was only at 20psi and did not sound too happy like it was sucking through a straw. we checked all fittings and no leaks. My friend decided to pull the air filter cover and then pulled the air filter out, once he flipped the swith off, cause he could not pull it out while running. Pulled the Air filter out and it was caked !!
That Blue is Paint, and the White ?!?! yeah Bondo
the only reason you can see the white in the top right is because we scraped the blue away to see if it was all paint caked or not... mostly bondo with blue top coat.
best part was flip over the filter and the bottom was like new:
This was a good sign !!
Flipped the compressor back on it hummed right along smoothly pressure took off, 30, 40, 60, up to 135 in under 5 minutes. That filter was it a clogged filter to say the least so I will be replacing that.
here are some shots of what we carried home:
the unit runs great , it cycles on and off no issues, and hold pressure, no leaks. think i will take some time clean it up and check and clean all connections. put some vibration pads on each foot, find it a home in my garage and the wire it up. plumb up a drain on it, and go from there.
