"intakexhaust suggested" works great. Thanks intakexhaust .
I did it tonight when changing oil. The only thing I complain about this task is the drain bolt is not pointing down, makes oil drain is very messy. The PO probably never change his oil; therefore, the oil is full of metal shave. I ran the compressor a tank full, then drained it again. Both took 20 oz of oil.
In ajusting the PSI, there were two separate adjusters to adjust the max and the min (turn on the compressor when air comes down). Mine was at 90 PSI max, and min at 65 PSI. I adjusted it to max at 120 PSI and min at 75 PSI. I want to max it at 125 PSI but the whole machine shakes bad after 100 PSI so I got scared
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Originally Posted by Superman
Your "electric air compressor motor" is an electric motor. Obviously, you don't put oil in that. The oil goes in the v-shaped thing.
The Harbor Freight oil is probably fine but, if it were me, I'd prolly get a bottle of synthetic. It won't take much oil to fill it.
The air tool oil gets dribbled into the brass nipples on the air tools themselves. Before you hook the air to it, just dribble some air tool oil into the air connection on the tool.
I am doing a clutch in a pickup truck right now. Using my ol' small, Craftsman compressor which I got used for cheap. It works great but only seems to go to about 80 psi. 125 psi would have worked MUCH better. I had to use a breaker bar on some fasteners that my air wrench would have loosened if my compressor were making 125 psi. I wouldn't hesitate to mod yours the way intakexhaust suggested. I'm considering looking to see if that mod can be done to mine. Compressors don't explode, BTW. 125 is not unsafe. It's just a matter of how much harder your motor and compressor mechanisms will have to work, and whether your air tools are sufficiently robust.
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