When it worked I loved it. Now about this much with a hammer. It sat in my empire of dirt too long, this was motor recovery so my buddy might be able to use it on his little Shoebox clone that twisted off the motor shaft.
How much did I love my cs pump?
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I have repaired several small PCP compressors and couldn't help but wonder about parts substitution.
Please keep us informed as to which compressors are referenced and whether parts can be substituted between them.
I have encountered at least "CS1 clones" that had broken shafts but wasn't ambitious enough to pull down a second compressor at the time.
I frequently wish that I had done so.
Please keep us informed as to which compressors are referenced and whether parts can be substituted between them.
I have encountered at least "CS1 clones" that had broken shafts but wasn't ambitious enough to pull down a second compressor at the time.
I frequently wish that I had done so.
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It's a shame you did contact one of our members here colt 1900. He has all the parts at a very reasonable price to repair all GX CS pumps. I think you could still by the parts off him as it sits and have a working compressor cheaper then buying a new one from him. By the way everyone he warranties them and you can talk to him about problems so the right parts are coming your way.
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I had repaired this guy until I felt the roi wasn't worth it anymore. It hit the threshold of time and being in the way for the archived of junk. I mostly beat it up for the fun and to save the motor in a timely manner for my buddy.
I'm never going back from a large compressor. At least it's all modular and I can substitute or make parts myself.
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I broke it up with a hammer for this reaction
I have a mill and a lathe and can fix about anything but the question is how much time and for what return. See the Pic of one of my current compressors. I'm done with these little toy sized ones if they're over 200 bucks.Upvote 0
I recall when an acquaintance ran one of his Kawaski KX250s low on oil, fried the camshaft and burned the cam bores out of the head. He is partner in a machine operation that repairs helicopter driveline and aircraft turbine components, so I asked him why he didn't repair the head. He related his partner's comment, "You could repair it, but why not get a job at McDonald's? You could earn the money to buy new parts, ad $8/hour, faster than you could repair that head.".I broke it up with a hammer for this reaction
A bit hyperbolic, but it agrees with what I heard you say.
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Dang….did he run it awhile? I heard recently that pro rider dean wilson unknowingly punched a hole in his crankcase and it went numerous laps basically empty before he noticed and never blew up or anything. I was thinking those things are crazy tough. Probably a sponsored bike isI recall when an acquaintance ran one of his Kawaski KX250s low on oil, fried the camshaft and burned the cam bores out of the head. He is partner in a machine operation that repairs helicopter driveline and aircraft turbine components, so I asked him why he didn't repair the head. He related his partner's comment, "You could repair it, but why not get a job at McDonald's? You could earn the money to buy new parts, ad $8/hour, faster than you could repair that head.".
A bit hyperbolic, but it agrees with what I heard you say.
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I would need more information on that, as I have encountered no engines that survived running without oil. The mechanism/conditions under which that could happen would be very informative.
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He was on a podcast last week talking about it. I think it ran on just a minute amount of oil that was left in the sump or something. Forget what they actually said.
Here it is. They did refill after a cpl laps and it was nearly dead at the end but made it to the checkered flag. Lol. Pretty funny story.
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Silicone oiled on the air side and high pressure lubed on the other side and opened up often. Just used to fill large bottles 2 or 3 times a week and these are toys for low duty airgun use. If you guys are familiar with most of my posts on here I'm not mechanically retarded and could make my own parts if I wanted to. The machine just wasn't worth my time. I could make more money doing other things in the time and effort the cs was worth to me.
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Funny you say that. I accidentally pulled the throttle cable a bit on a new build drz and oil starved it with a cold rev start and burned the cam journals out of a head. I bought a used head and it dropped a valve at about 9k rpm. Just bought a whole new engine and got a new gearbox too for less than I spent farting around with head 1 and 2. It's all about roi. Being cheap gets expensive.I recall when an acquaintance ran one of his Kawaski KX250s low on oil, fried the camshaft and burned the cam bores out of the head. He is partner in a machine operation that repairs helicopter driveline and aircraft turbine components, so I asked him why he didn't repair the head. He related his partner's comment, "You could repair it, but why not get a job at McDonald's? You could earn the money to buy new parts, ad $8/hour, faster than you could repair that head.".
A bit hyperbolic, but it agrees with what I heard you say.
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Btw, there's no need for a crescent wrench to take the compressor down to that level. This should've been a clue that I'm just having some fun stirring a fan base of a brand. Filling scbas 2 or 3 times a week sometimes to run my nail guns and portable air supply for work needs a lot of air sometimes. 1L/min is what I should've bought to begin with honestly. It's not that the cs was bad, it was just a bad fit for my needs.
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