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I just did that last month. Follow the direction and you'll be fine. Works great.
 
Azman857.... what is that ? a tank sealer ?
My brother in law tried about everything to stop a crack from leaking on his 59' triumph tiger cub 200cc and nothing worked .... finally he found some kind of tank sealer and pulled the tank and emptied the gank and then dumped the stuff in there
problem was he forgot to pull the petcock off when he did that.... it took almost a week to get that stuff out of the petcock !!!!!
but the tank never leaked again ! that stuff was yellow..... don't know what it was called but it did the trick....
....Bob...........
 
Bought a 1.5 belt drive Campbell Hausefield from Farm and Fleet in 1975, I've welded rust holes in the tank shut a few times, replaced the belt for the first time about a year ago just because, put a pressure switch from the plumbing aisle on it early on, changed the oil TWICE so far. I have an air filter from an old chevy on it. It's been plugged in 24-7 for years at a time. Have sanded, painted a few a cars and lots of motorcycles with it, built two houses with air nailers, we did custom decorative sandblasting of glass and mirrors for a couple of years, used to sand blast parts too, countless tire changes. It spent decades in unheated Wisconsin garages. Wonder if it owes me anything?
 
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It is good - BUT - do not spill it on anything because that stuff is impervious to any solvent.

Cheers,

Pete
 
weekendrider said:
No, I do not own one. I did buy one similar to this for my son 4-5 yrs. ago. We followed break in instructions and it still works fine for what it does, airing tires, blowing off parts, etc. It does NOT run air tools, paint guns, nailers, staplers, acoustic sprayers nor does it run for extended times. It is small and easy to keep out of the way and at the price ($39 IIRC) it has paid for itself blowing up inner tubes for the stock tank wading pool.
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Hi WER,
I had this little compressor that I'd cobbled together from a Princess Auto 4.5cfm compressor pump, a 1/3rd hp motor and an over-age BBQ tank all mounted on a re-purposed hose reel trolley.
My eldest boy came around and tried to sandblast with it.
Then he rented a 10cfm compressor.
Next thing I knew there's a 16cfm compressor head dropped off in my driveway. IMG_0068.JPG
The tag said "I got this 50% off is it big enough?"
A 3hp 220V motor, a big propane tank from the dump, some fabrication work and paying an electrician to run a 220V line to the garage and I have this. The 100 foot airline will reach anywhere on my property, the compressor itself can't move too much.
 

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Sealer IF it's needed, that tank looks savable, but we can't tell what it looks like down in the bottom. Some ethanol gas does pretty good at dissolving varnish. I like chain for shaking, avoids endless getting little pieces out.......... I really should make a tank "shaker" one of these days.
 
I agree gggGary ! problem is I can't justify the build fir just one bike ! the key component to such a device would be the motor...if ya got a slow turning motor your in like flynn ! .... a rotissery motor from a barB Q should do the trick for ya !!!!!
just make a bracket and connectors for the tank and be able to adjust the height of the far end from the motor and drive it directly....
after a day's turning change the height of the far end and give it another day till all of the granet pieces have scowered the insides good
shouldn't be that hard to make eh ?
Bob.........
 
FredinTOON ! did you forget to add the pic of the BIG compressor ? I want to see that thing ! i bet it's a doozy !
in my Dad's Body shop in South Redding back in the early 1980's I had a Motorcycle shop (my first) and he had a 440 vac 3 phase air compressor
that thing never ran out of air ! it was the best compressor I ever used ! ( it stayed with the building)
I would like a 15cfm air compressor so I could run my die grinder and air impact drivers or DA sanders I really miss the ease of using my
3/8"paddle air impact driver ....it's the only way to go you can whip a engine out of it's frame purty fast with one of those !
....
Bob.........
 
Ok. So I think my plan of attack will be to take care of the tank first and then tackle the carbs. It will give me more time to peruse the tech manual.
 
Good idea ! be methodical.... and clean everything in those carbs ! you can do it !
Bob........
 
If I haven't said it here already; new fuel lines, old rubber lines shed slivers that booger the float valves. Tygon is good stuff.
 
gggGary !!!!I take it you don't like the clear vynal fuel line that comes with a slight yellow tint to it ? I havn't seen it lately it may be off the market but it was the thing about 15 years ago..... I had a bunch of it on my gyrocopter ! LOL
....
Bob..........
 
Tygon is translucent yellow there is some blue tinted stuff sold by the aviation guys that works great also. LEAF used to have it.
 
ahh Ok good to know thanks ! I had a bunch of the yellow stuff at one time , I like it as you can see if there is fuel in the line ...that's handy !
.....
Bob.........
 
Bob Kelly III said:
FredinTOON ! did you forget to add the pic of the BIG compressor ? I want to see that thing ! i bet it's a doozy ! - - - Bob.........
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Hi Bob,
look again, eh?
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five feet tall and five feet long & 16.5cfm not big enough?
For an amateur working in a 2-car garage, that is.
I did a 2-month stint with the millwrights during my apprenticeship and helped in servicing the factory air compressors.
They were big enough that if you didn't know they were air compressors you'd reckon they were ship's Diesels.
 
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oh...ok I thought you said tghat was the small one... and the big'en had a real big propane tank.... ok.... gotcha'
16.5CFM sure would do everything I need....and then some I suspect ! WELL DONE !!!!!
Thanks Fred !
 

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