[AT] OT Craftsman Compressor

[Dudley Rupert]

Another piece of antidotal information -

I bought a 5-6 HP 220V Craftsman twin on a 25-30 gal horizontal tank (belt
drive) about 8 or so years ago - this unit required oil.  I do get careless
sometimes when it comes to tightening/sharpening/etc but I am pretty
conscience when it comes to oiling.  Anyhow, after less than three years it
all of a sudden developed a loud obnoxious noise (and it have the proper
amount of oil in it).  After opening it up I discovered a broken piston and
rod.  Hoping that the crank and sleeve would be OK I went to Sears Parts to
see about a new piston and rod.  The parts were available -- at roughly
$200.  As I had paid less than $400 for the unit when on sale I didn't think
this was a viable option so I parted it out and went for a used Industrial
compressor instead (which came out of a demolished filling station) and have
been happy so far (five years) with it.

Dudley
Snohomish Washington

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Tom Armstrong
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:24 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT Craftsman Compressor


On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Andy Glines wrote:

> available from craftsman and reasonably priced.  All the parts in the
world
> wont help if they keep breaking.  Has anyone else dealt with this?  Is
there
> anywhere else I should be looking for the answer?  The machine is probably
8
> yrs old and has served us very well.

We have a 6hp Craftsman that we have had a long time, maybe more than 10
yrs. It is not oilless unless we forget to put any in. It started getting
noisy about 3 years ago but is still holding together. The compressor is
of a cheapo crappy design. We have a better one to replace it with when it
goes.

Tom Armstrong  toma at sangregorio.org  San Gregorio, CA  s. 1892
Barnyard Technology--- Ideas for tomorrow -> from yesterday's scrap.
     4th, 5th, 6th generation on family farm. Can Ag Sustain?
                http://www.sangregorio.org/
_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at