[AT] Help with Ingersoll compressor

[Cecil Bearden]

Thanks Mike:
not a lot of help though, I found some NAVFAC info that sort of helps, 
but I really need to know what parts I am looking at before I start 
tearing this thing apart.

On 5/16/2016 12:10 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Cecil, I know nothing about those compressors at all, but I'm sitting
> her recovering from surgery, so I have time to kill. Found this on the
> web thought it might be helpful:
>
>
> *Safety valve blows / too high pressure*
>
> Compressor does not unload. Check if pressure switch is correctly set
> and working. Check inlet valve and loading solenoid for good operation.
>
> If the safety valve is located before the oil separator, check
> differential pressure of oil separator.
>
>
> If that is of no help could you set up some sort of parasitic air draw
> off that would not allow it to reach full pressure?
>
>
> Mike M
>
>
>
> On 5/16/2016 11:00 AM, Cecil Bearden 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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