Corona Blues. I'm Saving what Air I have Left.

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5. I guess I might start looking into saving for a reliable and dependable compressor to be totally independent. The question is which one will it be in a time of crisis? Gas or electric lol? They both have pros and cons.
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Have you considered the trifecta of success and savings?

Purchase a gasonline [sic] fueled generator so when gasoline is available you can create electricity and need to pump air. Purchase a separate air compressor which runs from an electric motor to run from the generator. Repair a working hand pump to pump the air compressor in reverse to power the generator. Just don't forget the Tuxing Gold filter or $filters or you'll end up with water saturation in the gasoline created from the hand pumping process.

Surely it works this way. :)
 
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I’m using a base model Shoebox Max for 5 years now and only ever needed to replace a belt and pulley which is a 5 minute job, other than that’s its been a little gem, continuously topping off a 72cuft SCBA tank at least 3 times a month on average sometimes more. People continue to overlook these little units because there older and have slower fill times but I think that’s how there able to last so dam long!!! Give it a thought.
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I've always thought highly about the Shoebox compared to the Yong Heng even though it's slower. I guess maybe I've heard too much problems reported about the Yong Heng.
 
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5. I guess I might start looking into saving for a reliable and dependable compressor to be totally independent. The question is which one will it be in a time of crisis? Gas or electric lol? They both have pros and cons.
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Have you considered the trifecta of success and savings?

Purchase a gasonline [sic] fueled generator so when gasoline is available you can create electricity and need to pump air. Purchase a separate air compressor which runs from an electric motor to run from the generator. Repair a working hand pump to pump the air compressor in reverse to power the generator. Just don't forget the Tuxing Gold filter or $filters or you'll end up with water saturation in the gasoline created from the hand pumping process.

Surely it works this way. :)
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I like this. You make sense.
 
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Heads up, but I just read an old tread somewhere on the rebuild kits from Hill for the MK3 and MK4. There’s one o ring, which I believe is an odd colored one, and the largest, there’s something about that particular o ring in that it lasts way longer than any you can find to replicate it. On that tread I read, others have tried sourcing the same size o ring, and it failed way too soon, every time. In the end, they bought the entire kit from Hill due to that one “special” o ring.

No one in that tread could figure out the make and durometer of that particular o ring. 



Just a heads up, as you mentioned heading to oringsandmore.
 
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Heads up, but I just read an old tread somewhere on the rebuild kits from Hill for the MK3 and MK4. There’s one o ring, which I believe is an odd colored one, and the largest, there’s something about that particular o ring in that it lasts way longer than any you can find to replicate it. On that tread I read, others have tried sourcing the same size o ring, and it failed way too soon, every time. In the end, they bought the entire kit from Hill due to that one “special” o ring.

No one in that tread could figure out the make and durometer of that particular o ring. 



Just a heads up, as you mentioned heading to oringsandmore.
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Thanks. I came across one of those threads which mentioned odd sized o-rings while doing my research. 
 
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I have a MK4 rebuild kit, let me know if you want me to dig for it and measure the o-rings (theres 5-6 in this kit IIRC).

Also, having rebuilt my pump once already: DON'T TAKE IT APART COMPLETELY!!! You can rebuild it in sections (the guide that came with my pump kind of sucks in that regard)
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Thanks for the offer but I'll just order the kit and do the measurements for future reference. Thanks for the advice on rebuilding it in sections. 

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