I bought a set of cheap-ish air tools (at a Lowe's) maybe 3-4 years ago. Stapler, Pin Nailer, Brad Nailer. Used the Pin Nailer once and Stapler once and set them all aside for other things. They don't want to work now. Is this usual for air tools? They need to be exercised on a regular basis or something? Can they still be rescued?
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Dormant air tools.
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toplessHO
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oil them up good with real air tool oil and let it soak in
air ****** up and trigger depressed
air ****** up and trigger depressed
99LeCouch
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Air tool oil is cheap, tools aren't.
My air tools often sit for months. I oil them liberally before each use, and maybe briefly run more oil through before putting them away. So far so good.
My air tools often sit for months. I oil them liberally before each use, and maybe briefly run more oil through before putting them away. So far so good.
rlitman
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I've had air tools where the oil has gummed up inside. Spraying some thin penetrating oil in there would loosen it up enough to get moving, and then I could go back to normal air tool oil.
Most of my nailers are of the cheap variety and requires oil. Be aware that some are oil-less. Oiling an oil-less nailer can damage it.
Do your nailers have full racks of nails? Many will have a feature that prevents dry firing by locking out the mechanism when there are only a few nails left.
Most of my nailers are of the cheap variety and requires oil. Be aware that some are oil-less. Oiling an oil-less nailer can damage it.
Do your nailers have full racks of nails? Many will have a feature that prevents dry firing by locking out the mechanism when there are only a few nails left.
bpjr
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I've had air tools where the oil has gummed up inside. Spraying some thin penetrating oil in there would loosen it up enough to get moving, and then I could go back to normal air tool oil.
Most of my nailers are of the cheap variety and requires oil. Be aware that some are oil-less. Oiling an oil-less nailer can damage it.
Do your nailers have full racks of nails? Many will have a feature that prevents dry firing by locking out the mechanism when there are only a few nails left.
+1 on air tool oil gumming up. I used to keep model airplane engines stored with liberal doses of air tool oil. It congealed and locked the engines up after a yr or so. Marvel Mystery oil did the same thing but left rock hard solids instead of gum. Lesson learned that less is better when using air tool oil for long term storage. Heat softened the stuff and fixed the problem.
I not had problems in 3 decades, don't swamp the tools in oil and had some older tools sat and still work a1 soon as plugged to a line .
probably worth you stripping an easy tool and seeing if it congealed oil/**** or surface corrosion causing the issue .
probably worth you stripping an easy tool and seeing if it congealed oil/**** or surface corrosion causing the issue .
toplessHO
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have used MMO before also
I think its a notch better than ATF
I think its a notch better than ATF
TwoInch
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I remember many threads long ago about why it's unwise to use MMO in air tools, and to only use the MMO air tool specific oil.
iirc, something to do with wintergreen oil gumming or its solvent properties or something.
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iirc, something to do with wintergreen oil gumming or its solvent properties or something.
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toplessHO
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hummm had a buddy fill me up a small snapon air tool oil container with MMO about 30 yrs ago,used it all up and no ill effects,still have those 30+yr old tools.
Bought a big bottle of senco oil after that and still have that,its about half full now.
Bought a big bottle of senco oil after that and still have that,its about half full now.
TwoInch
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I have no personal experience with it.. Just relaying what I remember on here.
Not that everything on GJ correct.. We know that's not true.
But who's to say whether your air tools would be in better or worse shape had you used air tool oil instead of MMO either... Something we can never know.
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Not that everything on GJ correct.. We know that's not true.
But who's to say whether your air tools would be in better or worse shape had you used air tool oil instead of MMO either... Something we can never know.
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TwoInch
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I just did a Google search of old GJ posts, and I must be remembering something other than MMO. Its seems many companies used to recommend MMO for their air tools.
I wonder what it was in remembering that had wintergreen oil in it.. Or if it was some other application MMO was not good for.. Who knows.
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I wonder what it was in remembering that had wintergreen oil in it.. Or if it was some other application MMO was not good for.. Who knows.
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toplessHO
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the second thing to go is the memory
I forgot what the first is
youre not alone
I forgot what the first is
youre not alone
Provincial
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Perhaps you were thinking of Kroil. It gums up the pump oilers I keep it in if they are not used regularly.
I have had very good performance using ATF (Dexron) in air tools.
I have had very good performance using ATF (Dexron) in air tools.