And the compressor belonged to his grandmother who only ever used it to sporadically air up the tires to drive to church on Sundays.
What did you do to your shop today?
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You'd think the way the factory missed 90% of the welds on the seams it wouldn't have held water and salt... because those replacements sure aren't going to leak.
Big job.
Did he sell you an extended warranty/service plan with it?
It came with a turn key warranty. You turn the key to drive away, that’s the end of the warranty! 😅
It's pretty much being put out to pasture compared to how the previous owner abused it.
Should of given the 5-5 deal: 5 feet (meters) or 5 minutes, which ever comes first. 😉
No decals but seems to resemble the D-V three lung that I bought for my shop from Napa about 10 years ago. That third lung is great if you do a lot of painting or have air tools. The oil sight gauge shows the crankcase to be full and the oil appears fairly clean. Looks like the original drain plug has been ditched in favor of a lever actuated ballcock type drain valve. Lets you hang a a pail off the end of the drain and catch the oil. Not seeing any obvious signs of abuse. Did the vendor happen to run it for you prior to parting with it?
Nick
Nick
Did that rear frame horn replacement myself many years ago; almost the first repair I did on my own SS. Went with the belt and suspenders approach by fabbing up two pairs of fish plates; one for the inside of the rail and the other for the outside. Drilled the frame stump and plug welded the inners into position and then hammered them into shape. Slipped the new horn onto them and trimmed it to both fit for location and for edge to edge with the stump. Used an inner rear bumper channel as a locating fixture. Drilled the replacement for holes for plug welds to pick up the inner fish plates. Welded it all together. Ground the welds down to flat, drilled the outer fish plates and then did a combination of plug and seam welds to secure them; hadda pound on them a little for shape as well. Lots of fun while sitting there on the back yard driveway in the sun and rain; no shop back then; just a little sheet metal shed for storage. Crowded, but still a lot more simple than what replaced it.
Nick
Nick
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