On 2009-11-07, Ignoramus16167 wrote:
John, the new capacitor from McMaster arrived in the mail, after
installing it the motor almost jumped on the table, and runs great.

10 minutes later, the compressor was reassembled and oil put in the
crankcase.

Pictures are here

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Speedaire-Compressor/

i

A fun little story.

i

On 2009-11-06, Jon Elson wrote:
Ignoramus8745 wrote:
Picked up a "2.98 kW" (4 HP?) 60 gallon Speedaire compressor with a
self described "bad motor" for $50.

I am kinda hoping that the motor is not actually bad.
So, have you tried it, yet? What happened?

Jon