Cleaning up old compressor deck & components, have a few questions

[johnieG]

They will work fine so long as the mounting holes are in the same location as the OEM* units.  just don't use a 32 watt in place of a 9 watt motor it will sound like a Cessna taking off! 


*= Original Equipment Manufactures

[Creighton]

Very good information here. Jim/ JohnieG maybe a stay on top ?
Thanks!
Creighton

[brasskey]

They will work fine so long as the mounting holes are in the same location as the OEM* units.  just don't use a 32 watt in place of a 9 watt motor it will sound like a Cessna taking off! 


*= Original Equipment Manufactures

Thanks again Johnie.  I have the unit painted and the motors ordered.  I'll post some pictures soon.

[brasskey]

So I received the motors today but I think I messed up. The pictures of the motors on amazon were a general cast iron motor but I didn't pay attention to the description and I ended up with the aluminum ones. Will that matter? Do I need to return them for the cast iron ones?

Also, I know I don't need these connectors, but I thought I'd try to find these so I don't need to replace the female ends also.  Anyone know where I can get these?

[johnieG]

Aluminum cases wont mater at all, & The plug is an OEM style made by he Lyall corp. ( now it's been bought by some other company) I had a real tough time at finding the male cord ends to slice onto the motors so I could have a "plug & play" into my replacement harnesses, but the bottom line is you don't need them, cut & splice & heat-shrink away.

[brasskey]

I can't find my pictures of the compressor unit out of the shell before I cleaned it up, but I'm sure everyone has seen plenty of those.  I still need to clean up the wiring and polish some more copper.  Thanks for all the help everyone.  It made things much easier for me when restoring my first unit.

[tkaz]

Awesome work!  Its so much easier to get the rest of the machine cleaned out once the deck is out, and even though most people don't see the compressor, it's great to open up the door and have that thing sparkling!   Kind of like having a clean straight engine in an old muscle car

[johnieG]

Nice Job! It looks great!