Mort Stevens wrote:


The best advice I've ever seen was this; "The vulnerable part of any
compressor pump is the valves. It's generally a good idea to buy a
valve and gasket kit when you buy the compressor. You'll need them
ten years in the future on Christmas Eve when the compressor dies just
before you need to apply the final coat of lacquer on the blanket chest
intended for your about-to-be-married granddaughter."

By which time you will have not the slightest clue what you did with the
valve and gasket kit when you put them somewhere that you would be sure to
be able to find them.


Mort

Swingman wrote:
Anyone had any luck repairing a Porter Cable pancake?

Sounds like the compressor/pump, as the motor runs, but more like a
sewing machine, and no air feeding the tank.

http://www.mastertoolrepair.com/panc...mp-p-1124.html

The parts, if they're indeed the correct ones, look pretty
straightforward.

Just wondered if anyone had tried this and found it cost effective (I
have another AC, but I hate to just junk something that could be put back
in service for the kind of prices listed above)

Thanks in advance.

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