"Stuart Wheaton" wrote in message
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On 7/28/2012 9:00 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Artemus wrote:

I have one of those and had a similar problem. The cause was
a blown head gasket. On the gasket there is a thin web that separates
the suction side from the high pressure side. This was faulty on mine.
The gasket set from sears parts was cheap enough but the S/H on
top made me make my own gasket with bulk gasket material from
NAPA. Works fine now.


No local Sears parts warehouse? I needed a pully for an old
Craftsman belt driven table saw and picked it up from a Sear warehouse
across town. I've bought knobs for appliances from them, as well.



It was the head gasket. I got foxed out a bit because the natural separation line
is the metal gasket below the head gasket, where the reed valves sit. I was afraid
of hurting the soft gasket above that... not to worry, it was already broken.
There's a Sears sevice and parts center a few miles from here, I'll have the thing
running again on monday. If I strike out there, there is a NAPA on the way back.

thanks guys.

Stuart


Hopefully you'll have better luck with your local sears parts than I did.
My local place told me it wasn't an item they carried in stock and wouldn't
even order it for me. $6 for a complete gasket set plus $8 S/H vs less than
an hour with the NAPA stuff I already had on hand.
Art