[Shop-talk] Air

Karl Vacek stearman809 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 1 16:10:25 MDT 2024


My aircraft cylinder bleed down gauge uses one of those same goofy Chinese 
regulators, which well-meaning helpers have broken a few times.

It has responded to epoxy and stern warnings to helpers to just let me 
adjust it.

Karl

On October 1, 2024 3:11:30 PM <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike – when I went out to look at my Craftsman compressor that has the same 
> setup, I noticed that the regulator knob says “pull to adjust”. I assume it 
> has some splined interface between the outer knob and the inner knob to 
> prevent accidental mis-adjustment.
>
> If you have been able to get the adjustment you need using Teflon tape as 
> an interface you are probably good to go. The only other thing that comes 
> to mind is whether they spent the extra money on that setup to compensate 
> for the vibration generated when the unit is running. This is just pure 
> speculation, but you might want to keep an eye out and ensure the pressure 
> stays where you set it after the modification.
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------
> All the best,
>
> Al Fuller
>
> From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Mike Sinclair
> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 11:22 AM
> To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
> Cc: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Air
>
> 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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