[AT] Help with Ingersoll compressor

[Steve W.]

Cecil Bearden wrote:
> I want to thank Bo Hinch for his help with my compressor.  Also I got a 
> phone call from NCWayne on the YT forum this morning.  I got it running 
> this afternoon and running like it is supposed to.
> Short version of the story is the unloader actuator diaphragm was 
> trashed.  When I finally got it apart, I searched for a truck air brake 
> diaphragm to use.  Finally cut a diaphragm out of a piece of 10inch dia 
> PVC discharge hose.  It works fine now...
> It will blow 105lbs through a 5/8in nozzle and I have the engine speed 
> reduced as I don't need the full throttle flow.  Now to rebuild or 
> replace the gas engines on the 2 gas compressors I have and get rid of 
> them...   Nothing like a diesel for dependability...
> 
> Cecil in OKla

I've got an engine for those gassers, 534 Ford SD Truck engine... Bet it 
would turn both compressors without a strain.... But you would need a 
BIG fuel tank. (It really likes gas... 2MPG is normal with them)

-- 
Steve W.