[AT] Help with Ingersoll compressor

Bo Hinch bohinch at gmail.com
Mon May 16 16:56:57 PDT 2016


Received message awhile ago and have had SOo much company that I couldn't
respond , but just did a minute or so ago . Hope that helps and if not ,
let me know and will do what I can for you .

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> 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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