[AT] Need help troubleshooting engine/compressor

[Cecil R Bearden]

It has the button bypass switch to bypass the safety shutdown switches.  
I wired around these a long time ago because I did not have enough hands 
to operate the switches and the choke.....

Cecil


On 8/11/2015 7:55 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> I've been around a lot of compressors after working 25+ years
> in industrial maintenance with a lot of sandblasting.  I've never
> seen a compressor that didn't have some sort of by-pass button or
> valve that you manually hold in to let the engine start and get
> up to speed.  Cecil, maybe yours is automatic and you don't have
> to manually hold it but it should be there.  Most of the time there
> is a button or a switch right beside the ignition key for that purpose.
> I have seen those by-pass valves fail and cause the problem you
> are describing.   I've seen my guys wire the linkage open to get them
> going.  Without seeing your compressor I wouldn't know where to tell
> you to begin.  We used to run gasoline powered compressors but I
> haven't been around anything but diesel for over 20 years.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Tallman
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 8:18 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Need help troubleshooting engine/compressor
>
> Cecil, It sounds like carburetion issues or a big vacuum leak. I'd think
> you would hear the hiss of a leak that big. Maybe try spraying a little
> carb cleaner around the manifold and see if it picks up. Doug T
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/11/2015 7:09 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>> Sullair 185 w/ ford/Mazda 4cyl gas engine.  Compressor always has been
>> cold natured.  Had to be completely warmed up before choke could be shut
>> off.  Open air line valve and engine would die without choke on at least
>> half way.  Working fine a month ago.   Now, Engine tries to start and
>> gets up to idle speed but compressor is loading engine and it cannot get
>> up to operating speed.  If compressor could be disconnected from engine,
>> it would get up to operating speed. Have replaced fuel pump, and plug
>> wires.  Spark plug had some surface carbon but not really gunked up.
>> took air intake elbow off of compressor and tried to cut off air intake
>> to allow engine to start, but it nearly sucked my hand into the pipe.
>> In the past distributor,ignition control box, and coil have been
>> replaced.  Have worked on engines gas, propane and diesel for 50 years
>> and this one has me beat......  This is the reason I like Diesel!!!
>>
>> I use this for sandblasting and blowing off the round baler.  Right now,
>> the baler has some hay lodged between the belts and the rollers on the
>> back side and it has the baler bound up.  The only way to get this out
>> is to use a lot of high pressure air and cut the hay out with the air.
>> Or, cut the belts pull them out with the loader and re-splice.  I did
>> not blow off the baler last time i used it, it was trying to rain after
>> I put the new bearing in that was causing the fires.  The hay builds up
>> in the back above the top of the bale chamber, and causes the belts to
>> stick.  Really dry hay is the worst problem...
>>
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