[AT] Help with Ingersoll compressor

[Bo Hinch]

What kind of info do you need .


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Ken Knierim <ken.knierim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Cecil,
>     As a manufacturer who designs, builds and supports complex equipment,
> putting together a manual most people will throw away isn't always a paying
> use of resources either... and the lack of manual-reading is directly
> related to people thinking they know everything (on target with your
> comments about parts-changers coming out of school). A lot of people are
> crashing through their lives so fast they don't take the time needed to
> learn to do the job right. Why read a map or manual when google knows all?
> Or they'll call in for support after the warranty period has expired, want
> answers without wanting to pay for them, and won't crack the manual.
>     We're working a different strategy on some of our newer stuff... we're
> putting some of the PDF's on our website to let the webcrawlers pick them
> up so folks CAN find and get access to the manuals when they finally decide
> they need them. I wouldn't really expect a company that's been bought and
> sold to have a lot of older manuals online but I've had good luck finding
> home-scanned versions by looking for the product name and putting manual
> and a .pdf in the search criterion. Not sure it'll help, but might be worth
> a shot.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ken in AZ
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I need some help with the Gyro Flo Vane compressor I bought last week to
> > sandblast and clean out my old baler.  I thought one of you guys had
> > some experience with these..  The pressure is too high and it is bowing
> > the relief valve.  It runs as high as 185-190 psi. Ingersoll Gyro Flo
> > was bought by Doosan in NC in 2007..    A lot of information is just non
> > existent and none of the "experts online" can give any real help.   Most
> > of these online "experts just say that the unit is not worth repairing
> > and to buy a new one.    I could not even afford a 10 year old one with
> > 1/2 the output of this one!!!    There is just no diagnosis ability
> > anymore.   The mechanics that are coming out of the trade schools have
> > no idea how to repair anything.  They just change parts.   The
> > manufacturers don't give out service literature anymore, they get a
> > fortune for it, so ther is not a lot floating around out there.  I blame
> > a lot of this B.S. on plain old GREED, and the other on not having high
> > school shop classes anymore.
> >
> > On another note, we now have to pay for all those "smart" innovations on
> > the new cars and trucks due to the new drivers not paying attention to
> > their driving, their smartphone needs to be looked at 59 minutes an
> > hour.  Maybe just maybe if we put Drivers education back in the high
> > schools, the new drivers would have some idea how to safely drive...
> > If someone was not paying attention back when we were driving in H.S.
> > the "coach" would stomp on the brake ( in a safe area) and your nose
> > would hit the steering wheel!!  He then would tell the driver and the
> > rest of the passengers what would have happened if the driver had
> > continued...
> >
> > Now they drive like they are playing a video game....
> >
> > Rant off...   I am just so frustrated with trying to get an operating
> > compressor so I can go back to work.   The Sullair and the Leroi both
> > need that blasted Ford 140 OHC engine overhauled.
> > My problem now is I don't have budget, help, time, and physical ability
> > to get things done now...
> >
> > Cecil in OKla
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