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See , this is noughty showing me stuff like this, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing..
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Looks like I might have fixed it.
Cleaned up the nrv, which was very oily and grungy.
Fired it up but the bleed plug was leaking it stopped when I unscrewed it??? It was still leaking a bit until it built up pressure then stopped.
It got up too about 116 then stopped.
Nothing was leaking,it held pressure for about 1/2hour till I decided to open the drain cock.
It will turn either way but doesn't release air,so I opened the tap on the pressure out gauge.
The oil showed 1/2inch OVER on the stick so I decided to drain it and do an oil change. It was as black as the oil in my T4.
So all in all I'm a happy bunny,felt like Doc Brown in Back to the future when he realised he had invented something that actually worked and I made a bit myself
So next thing ,buy oil, get another impeller,make a shroud too replace plastic missing one fit missing airfilter and start spraying.
One more question,it hasn't got a oil/water filter, will one from Machine mart do , the type that screws on after the gauge.
Bearing in mind I am probably only going to spray one bumper and then mess about with an airbrush?
Cheers, really appreciate your time and help with this folk.
Cleaned up the nrv, which was very oily and grungy.
Fired it up but the bleed plug was leaking it stopped when I unscrewed it??? It was still leaking a bit until it built up pressure then stopped.
It got up too about 116 then stopped.
Nothing was leaking,it held pressure for about 1/2hour till I decided to open the drain cock.
It will turn either way but doesn't release air,so I opened the tap on the pressure out gauge.
The oil showed 1/2inch OVER on the stick so I decided to drain it and do an oil change. It was as black as the oil in my T4.
So all in all I'm a happy bunny,felt like Doc Brown in Back to the future when he realised he had invented something that actually worked and I made a bit myself
So next thing ,buy oil, get another impeller,make a shroud too replace plastic missing one fit missing airfilter and start spraying.
One more question,it hasn't got a oil/water filter, will one from Machine mart do , the type that screws on after the gauge.
Bearing in mind I am probably only going to spray one bumper and then mess about with an airbrush?
Cheers, really appreciate your time and help with this folk.
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Just read on another post someone uses 10/40synthetic in a cheap occasional use compressor, would 10/40 mineral do OK?
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The brass drain cock underneath?Saved £20 then
What do you mean by the bleed plug?
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On mine it's brass sump plug with a brass nurled bolt through it
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Right, you referred separately to a drain plug so i thought you had two different things. The drain cock on mine turns clockwise to close, like a tap. One think I have done is to replace the drain cock with a hose tail and fit a ball valve to the end of a length of air hose, that way it's easier to operate and there's no more grovelling on the floor.
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I grovel too no one, even under pressure.
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Don't suppose you have a pic of that setup?
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Well got an impeller of an old motor in work, it was 14mm so drilled it out too 16,its went on snug with the circlip.
I've made a steel cowl to force the air over the motor /pump and it works well.
I'm planning to spray a car bumper with cellulose, tomorrow I'm off to Machine Mart, for a oil/water filter, airline, gravity fed gun.
The outlet on the regulator is 1/2".
Is it OK to hang the filter off the outlet of the reg then the airline?
I know there maybe maybe probs with cellulose this time of year. It's not that important that I get the job done, just want to get set up for spraying to be able to play around. Any tips on initial cheap setup ? Cheers, Bry
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I've made a steel cowl to force the air over the motor /pump and it works well.
I'm planning to spray a car bumper with cellulose, tomorrow I'm off to Machine Mart, for a oil/water filter, airline, gravity fed gun.
The outlet on the regulator is 1/2".
Is it OK to hang the filter off the outlet of the reg then the airline?
I know there maybe maybe probs with cellulose this time of year. It's not that important that I get the job done, just want to get set up for spraying to be able to play around. Any tips on initial cheap setup ? Cheers, Bry
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so the reg AND the filters should be on a tree fixed close to work area
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Do the water filters remove any oil from the system? Just wondering whether I need an oil, water combined one. Also is it worth having a small water filter in line just before the gun.
Where do people buy their bits? Machine Mart or are there better suppliers?Depending on how various little jobs I have planned work out I'm hoping to be able to spray my van so gathering together as many decent tools /parts as possible.
Cheers, Bry.
Where do people buy their bits? Machine Mart or are there better suppliers?Depending on how various little jobs I have planned work out I'm hoping to be able to spray my van so gathering together as many decent tools /parts as possible.
Cheers, Bry.
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So is it ok to just get a machine mart water filter and maybe a small filter at the gun or is oil a problem as well?
Got an airbrush I want to play around with, the CFM will cope with that I think.. cheers Folks.
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Got this today,was hoping to fit it on to the reg. but not enough room ,would probably go on if I turned it all but decided against that.
I do understand now that it's better further away from the compressor as the air will still be hot going through the filter so it will condense in the pipe after it but just wanted to try out an airbrush.
Couple of questions, the instructions show it fitted before the reg.does it matter, can it be fitted after the reg?
Question two, you can see what I did then the second photo, I thought I would run the airbrush like this as it has a small filter inline.
Its a temporary measure till I can sort the main filter out,is this ok,dumb/dangerous?
Cheers Bryan.
I do understand now that it's better further away from the compressor as the air will still be hot going through the filter so it will condense in the pipe after it but just wanted to try out an airbrush.
Couple of questions, the instructions show it fitted before the reg.does it matter, can it be fitted after the reg?
Question two, you can see what I did then the second photo, I thought I would run the airbrush like this as it has a small filter inline.
Its a temporary measure till I can sort the main filter out,is this ok,dumb/dangerous?
Cheers Bryan.
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your small filter needs to be fitted upright to catch the water. if your fitting the large filter I have mine direct on to the end of the tank with a regulator
