I found it very easy to figure out what was wrong with my compressor as it took over about 45 min. to build pressure in the tank, after looking at the air filter I knew it was clogged so I ordered one with the piston assembly, It took longer to remove the dust covering of the unit than it did to remove and replace the piston unit. Once it
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Piston seal was worn out causing loss of air out of bottom of bore when a certain pressure was reached
o dumped remaining air in tank, unplugged from wall
o removed air intake filter & right half of black plastic shroud
o disconnected con rod bottom end from pulley, jam a bar through pulley spokes to stop it turning when undoing the bolt
o undo the head bolts and remove head
o
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o I lubed the new bore & piston seal ring with white high temperature petrogel grease I happened to have available, there are many alternatives
o insert new bore into head
o push conrod + piston assembly into the bore. The piston will seem too wide for the bore but it will go in during the next 2 steps...
o connect con rod bottom end to pulley, use the bar again to stop the pulley turning
o turn the pulley by hand to pull the piston down into the bore
o put the head back on
o Test. Be careful here, don\'t get fingers or clothing etc near the exposed moving parts: power on the compressor and start it up, check air isn\'t gushing out the bottom of the bore
o Turn off compressor and replace the top shroud half and air intake filter
o That\'s all folks
1) Removed shroud and disconnected power and pressure switches to gain access to the conrod.
2) Removed valve plate.
3) Removed/replaced conrod.
4) Reinstalled valve plate
5) Reconnected power switch and pressure switch.
6) Replaced shroud
Removed plastic shroud
removed the conrod bolts ( on both sides required breaker bar to get loose )
reed housing was easy to remove ( take note however which direction the housing is attached ) if you attach it the wrong way, when you start the compressor, you will fill quite a bit of air coming out where there should be no
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With the ConRod from Eparts, there were casket rings that were available for replacing in the reed housing.
Using a sturdy piece of metal inserted in the wheel will help remove some of the bolts and allow for the belt drive to be removed for easier install. Once the conrod removed, I observed that there was metal upon metal marks inside the bell housing. This was because there was some breakage in the rubber ring that cause air to leak thru and thus only allow to build up air pressure to go above 50 PSI. With the new conrod in place, it worked great right off the bat.
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