don selleck
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Noticing alot of pressure on the rear casters, ended up going another route, put together one of two gantry cranes today, pretty heavy duty to harbor
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AAR resto
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moparlee
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Don, I like those lighting strips you have on your lift. Is that an LED tape down type?
don selleck
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yep cheap on amazon got one for each side just measure the length they are coming loose, been pretty rough on them, will use them for painting also then probably replace, and silicone the new one's in place unless I can clean them and get the paint off of them
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don selleck
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thanks, finished up the other gantry crane, went over the under for any more undercoating residual, taped off most of the holes. going to double secure going to wipe the rest of any oils I can find. need to cram some blankets etc. around wheel tub and go thru some more protection to slow down infiltration of the stuff I will be finding for years to come.
blast off scheduled for friday morning.don selleck
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ready for tomorrow
don selleck
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well got everything hooked up raised and crossed braced some straps to keep the car from swaying, had 15mph wind gusts, car was very stable. plan was working well got first frame rail done and my compressor puked 
. About 3 months ago a line blew off after some construction adjustment and it ran for 10 hrs. it got hot but changed the oil and seemed to be working fine, the added stress of the sand blaster did her in.
. About 3 months ago a line blew off after some construction adjustment and it ran for 10 hrs. it got hot but changed the oil and seemed to be working fine, the added stress of the sand blaster did her in.
Xcudame
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I agree you have the best excuse and need to go buy a new air compressor!
don selleck
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tried to buy a new pump for it discontinued of course, was pretty good" assembled in USA" lasted for 10 years though
don selleck
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still runs but can't pump very fast lost half its ass
Cuda Hunter
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That lift is AWESOME!!
Now that's the way to do it!
Now that's the way to do it!
don selleck
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thats what I envisioned, getting old makes you wanna do things as easy as possible harbour freight gantry cranes
don selleck
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damn all of a sudden I have air compressors all over this page in the ads for sale.
Xcudame
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I bought an Ingersoll Rand. The motor is made in Mexico and the pump in India, but at least it's assembled in the USA and has basically a 100 duty cycle.
don selleck
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a friend of mine bought a polar air, made by eaton compressor, about a year after I bought that c-aire. super quiet and made in usa. gonna talk to them monday. pricing comparable to the assembled in usa models. there made near Dayton, Ohio, I can drive there and pick one up in a day, save shipping and the damages that come along with it.
don selleck
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well I found a replacement pump for the c-aire compressor, $1500 and some change, ordered it, ships tomorrow. hopefully be back at it by next week. Talked to the machinist on my block today, come to find out the cylinders were bored out to .018 ??? over. pistons were .020 hmm, another slight issue. That outta add a few horse power
Xcudame
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That's crazy! At operating temperatures the pistons would be just about touching the cylinder walls! I sure hope the previous "rebuilder" at least used file fit rings! On the plus side, your machinist might be able to power hone it for some nice .020" over forged pistons!
don selleck
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Yes it is, we discussed honing it to .020. suprisingly was little to no damage a little piston scuffing but nothing to crazy, funny thing the guy before the last guy machined it back in the 90's to the .018. and was driven unknown miles. must have been a turd for a long time. I should rename the title to this thread "de-turding the AAR"
don selleck
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Well new pump on compressor is instaledl bought a dryer for it too but it showed up smashed on one corner, so sent it back new one on the way, Probably gonna blast without it for this project running out of good weather, hard tellin how long it will last, so thursday gonna proceed forward again. a buddy called and said he was cleaning up a construction site where they were blasting and repainting a water tower had one of these left over extra fine, SCORE!
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