[AT] Help with Ingersoll compressor

[Cecil Bearden]

Bo:
I sent you a PM offline...

Cecil in OKla
>>> On 5/16/2016 11:32 AM, Bo Hinch wrote:
>>>> 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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