If you blow it down does it turn freely? If so it sounds like the pressure
relief is not working.
Peace,
Pat
Pat Horne
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On Mar 27, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Dave Cavanaugh <cavanadd@frontier.com> wrote:
This afternoon my air compressor locked up. It's a two cylinder 60 gallon
Campbell-Hausfield that I bought at HD about ten or twelve years ago. 5 HP
single phase, two cylinder, about 16 CFM at 90 PSI. The first time I heard the
belt squealing so I flipped the breaker and got the flywheel turning using a
pipe wrench. After a couple of rotations it seemed pretty free so I blew it
down and it started ok, but when it came up to pressure and stopped the
flywheel stopped dead; it didn't coast to a stop, and when I tried to start it
again it was locked up again.
It's not making any more noise that usual, it's just freezing up. I suspect
something is getting hot and dragging. I guess I'll pull the pump in the next
week or so and tear it down, but I'm tempted to just order a new pump and call
it good. This is crappy timing because I'm in the middle of a furniture
commission and my little portable hot dog compressor won't run my Dynabrades,
plus I'm moving in about a year and building a new shop, which will have a new
7.5 HP, two stage compressor.
Yes, there is oil in the sight glass; in fact I just changed the oil a couple
of months ago. I used some 20 Wt ND I had on hand; probably should have used
Mobil One....but what color cap?
Advice, opinions, suggestions?
thanks
Dave
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