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Default Moving an Air Compressor - Aftermath



jw wrote:

On Apr 20, 7:09 am, Ignoramus32638 ignoramus32...@NOSPAM.
32638.invalid wrote:
On 2009-04-20, Jim Wilkins wrote:

On Apr 20, 1:28?am, Carla Fong wrote:
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This is an old (1965) Wayne compressor - I googled and could not find
parts for them, so it may be not as great a deal as I thought.
Carla
I'd ask local repair shops, they might have dusty old parts for it on
a back shelf. I found an old set of rings for my Kellogg-American
compressor that way.

The price to pay for such a compressor, if it truly needs work beyond
the trivial stuff like copper tubing or regulators, should be
approximately zero.

i


A vertical tank is worth something even if the compressor is shot. At
least around here. I can find decent sized horizontal units (5hp) any
day of the week for $100(most are old dairy system compressors). But
I have yet to find a vertical for less than $200, even with a blown
compressor.

I would like to find a good vertical tank, but at this point I have
given up the floor space for my horizontal so it doesn't really matter
anymore.

JW



We decided against purchasing this compressor - amounted to too much $$$
for a 40+ year old machine with limited parts availability.

Any thoughts on new compressors, like the ones from Harbor Freight or
Eaton Compressor?

Carla
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