[Spridgets] Air Compressor question

[Kent McLean]

brian S wrote:
> Good friend has an old Westinghouse Airbrake 2YC air compressor that has developed a leak
> and he would like to rebuild the pistons and head in it.

An air compressor is like an engine, which itself is an air pump. But instead of a spark plug driving the piston, an external motor drives it.  Otherwise it is just pistons and rings and valves.  Take good pictures as you pull it apart; they’ll help you put it back together.

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Kent McLean
’56 100 BN2