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Old 06-11-2008, 03:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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found an air compressor

found a 20 gal 5HP in the garbage today. it has a small pinhole in the bottom of the tank. Guess they did'nt drain it very often.
How would you fix it? except for welding it....i don't want to spend any $$ on the thing.

I was going to drill out the hole, thread it and just stick a machine screw in it. maybe glue it in.
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Old 06-11-2008, 04:09 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Don't fix it. Leave it in the garbage.

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Don't fix it. Leave it in the garbage.

LOL, I KNEW you would respond to a question about a pressure vessel.

Just drilling out the rust hole is a BAD idea. The rest of the internal walls are weakened and that thing would be a time bomb.

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LOL, I KNEW you would respond to a question about a pressure vessel.

Just drilling out the rust hole is a BAD idea. The rest of the internal walls are weakened and that thing would be a time bomb.

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Old 06-11-2008, 04:59 PM   #5 (permalink)
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you can still use the compressor and tanks are cheap to get.,
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I agree with wabbit, do not try to fix it, but like bigt said, if the compressor works you can probably find another tank.
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i was going to say use the compressor and get a new tank, but , ive been beaten to it
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what?!? no JB weld repairs???

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