Hi, I bought an old air compressor on ebay, to hopefully use when excavating my koi pond. I don't know anything about these things. I've worked on cars/engines a lot but this thing is so old I don't recognize a lot of it. Does anyone know a forum or newsgroup where I could talk to someone who knows about them?
Here are some pictures,
Holy s*it.....
rec.crafts.metalworking peeple know a lot about compressors, but I think this may baffle them too!
Is this an air compressor or some kind of pump? If it's an air compressor you wanted, why not buy a Husky or equiv. from HD, with a long extension cord? The Husky cast iron air compressor (26-30 gal) is a great compressor -- so far.
How much did you pay? Shipping?
Ingersoll is a well-established company, they proly have a manual for it. Hopefully an old-timer tech is still there. :)
I think this is few classes bigger machine than the Husky you propose. Probably wants it to run a big air hammer.
*That looks like a classic. I would contact a dealer and see if parts are still available. Judging by the looks of this you may spend more time working on the compressor than on the pond.
sometimes those old 4 bangers are common on other stuff as well, like tractors and other farm equipment.
How many run hours on that gauge?! Have you ran the engine?
I can't help at all, but that's awesome. Would look great behind an old 50's pickup truck.
nate
About 2200. Yea I ran the engine for just a minute or so. It seems to run fine except for the loud exhaust (no muffler).
Its a well known company, my boiler repair guy has a unit that style from WW 11 and says its unstoppable. A 4 cil? If so 20000 hours is what a motor is easily good for.
I bet a local muffler shop could help, maybe with pipe, etc. My guess is you can find a muffler. Check that fuel filter for grime, even replace it.
Oh, I like the duct tape on the spark wire boot..
Ingersoll-Rand is still in business. They very well may have service literature available.
Looks like an a old Continental 4 cylinder flathead "Red Seal" engine, very common on industrial equipment years ago. From what I can see in your pictures, I'd guess the compressor to be a vane type.
Hmmm, Husky? One I had did not last one whole year. Was made in Taiwan.
Could it be a Waukesha engine? My dad had a small WWII army surplus bulldozer that had a little four cylinder Waukesha that looked a lot like the one in the pictures.
TDD
Only thing I can figure, it's a gasoline powered gadget. But you knew that. The folks on the metal working group may recognize such a device. I'll copy them in.
Anyone recognize this?
It could be. It's been over 30 years since I've seen either one. In my my experience the Continentals were much more common. I do know for certain that IR made some compressors using the Continental, not sure if they ever used Waukesha.
It was $500, no shipping, local pickup.
Didn't see the pix - does the distributor come up through the head? If so, most likely a Conti. (almost definitely, in fact) If the distrubutor is on a front cover, likely a Waukesha ICK, side distributor quite possibly a Wakesha F or VRG
Just saw the pix. It's a Conti - 99.9999% sure.
Yea, in the pictures, the distributer is defiantly sticking out of the head. It's been about 40 years since I last saw the little dozer that could but I remember what great fun it was to shove various objects around back on the farm with that surprisingly powerful little tractor. I do remember Dad getting a replacement engine from a small railroad maintenance vehicle that bolted right in and it was a Waukesha engine.
TDD
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