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| Yosemite Sam | Mar 18 2009, 03:50 AM |
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Back in the early 90's I bought a portable Devilbliss oil-less air compressor (two small tanks pick up and carry around type) from the local tool store (at the time they would get defective/warranty/return items from different companies, repair them and then sell them again)... Anyway, over the years my Brother and I have just run the dog $#!* out of this little compressor. We've roofed a couple hundred houses built dozens of garages room additions ect., plus I/we use it any time we need air where it isn't practical to use the stationary compressor in the shop. A few years ago my Brother bought a New Crapsman 30 gal upright oil-less compressor, for his garage, he only used it about a dozen times and the motor shot craps (just after the warranty was out) so it sat in the corner for a couple of years... About a year and a half ago I was using my little Devilbliss compressor and it started to make a funny noise, before I could get to it to shut it off, the connecting rod/piston had broken. The set screw in the "crank shaft" had come loose and wollered the hole and the armature shaft, then the rod broke ... I took the crank and the armature to a friends house and turned the armature shaft and then turned the hole in the crank and made a bushing to put it back together, then after some research on the net I found that the piston from my Brothers Crapsman compressor was the same used in mine (actually I only found two different piston/rods for oil-less compressors). So I took the piston/rod out of the Crapsman and put in my compressor put it all back together and have been running the Dog $#!* out of it again for over a year now. That is my only experience with the oil-less compressors. I feel pretty lucky with the one I have as it has been a really good unit. I’m sorry to hear that you guys haven’t had such good luck with yours. |
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