[AT] Help with Ingersoll compressor

[Cecil Bearden]

Steve:
I have a 413 Chrysler Irrigation engine that would run them also, but I 
am saving it for a Generator head I have.
Cecil in OKla


On 5/19/2016 3:37 AM, Steve W. wrote:
> 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)
>