[Shop-talk] Air

[Mike Sinclair]

Thanks all for the advice.  Turned out the regulator is ok, but the 
plastic knob is connected via some very shallow splines on the stem, and 
doesn't connect well.  I wrapped the stem with Teflon tape and it works 
ok, but I need to find a better way.  I'll check at my favorite 
old-fashioned hardware store for a knob.

Mike

On 10/1/24 7:43 AM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Is that the regulator knob?  Might be stuck or broken inside.  A 
> picture of what you're looking at would help - the online parts 
> diagrams I found look like one of those joke lists from the 80s that 
> had been faxed a hundred times.
>
> -- Jeff
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 7:43 PM Mike Sinclair <phoenix722 at comcast.net> 
> wrote:
>
>     I have a very old small air compressor that compresses ok, but I
>     no longer can get it to send air to the outlet.  There is a hand
>     valve between the gages that turns ok, but doesn't open the
>     valve.  It doesn't close it very well, either.  The knob turns
>     fine, and bottoms out in both directions, but nothing happens.  Is
>     it possible to buy a replacement? I'm hoping it's just a simple
>     remove and replace.
>
>     Sears Model 916-176311.
>
>     Mike
>
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