Great content and thank you for sharing it. I can't thank you enough. My compressor has been sort of a mystery unit. It has 30T 560v stamped on the Ingersoll-Rand ID plate under model number. In the serial number spot it has 30T in black ink and 397577 stamped in. The tank has a plate as well telling me was built in 1992. It was given to me by wife's employer. He refused to take anything for it regardless my insistence. He finally told me he knew it was a much better unit than the new one he just went out to harbor freight and purchased. He said he was in the middle of a couple jobs that could not wait. This one has sat by the working on for years now. He also said he was aware that the one he gave me was likely more valuable broken than the one he now uses was as a brans new unit. I can not confirm this but, I assume that the model number stamped on the pump stands for the whole unit and not the compressor pump? Decoded it simply means that 30T is the series of the whole unit tank motor and pump. Then 5 would stand for 5hp and the 60 is for gallon tank size. That would leave the V to mean Vertical. It has the reed valve set up like the one that you are rebuilding and a single coiled intercooler line between the low and high pressure cylinder heads. I am certain I found the issue when I pulled the high pressure head the head gasket was torn and a piece of it was causing the reed valve to stick and surface rust was starting to get to the point of pitting the metal. There was also water mixed in the oil. I figure due the the valve issue and Florida Humidity?? The unit had never been in the weather. Due to the fact that Ingersoll-Rand has not bothered to get back with me and I have no idea which gasket set to buy I bought some Fel-Pro Rubber-Fiber Sheet and used the old gaskets to make rubbings. I transferred the rubbings to pattern material and made templates. I the used the templates to transfer the exact shape of the gaskets to the gasket material. I then cut the gaskets myself. The reeds seemed fine along with the hardware after a good cleaning. I scrapped all the old gasket material off the best it would come off. I followed up with sanding all surfaces with an orbital to brighten up and make sure the parts were flat.(I did sand the port due to the fact I has already done it by the time i found this video. But I did have a large orbital that covered the entire surface?????) I treated the gaskets with never seize and put everything back together. Using 35 lb ft of torque and tightening in a the bolts in a crisscross pattern. Then retighten after 30 mins run time. The century 5hp single phase 230V motor was then torn down to discover the only thing it needed front bearing to be pulled and and new one pushed in place. The bearing was an easy fix and in stock at my local O Reilly's. It was made by National Bearing. The motor and wiring was then tested and runs smooth as silk. I have not put the belts back on to test everything, but the time is near. I am going to scope the tank first with a camera to verify that he inside is not in too bad of shape and may treat the inside with something if I can figure out how to accomplish it. Worst case I will coat the outside of the tank with Polyurea so that if a tank failure happened it would contain it. My pads to bolt it to the floor will arrive today and that will be the last step I hope before the test. If all goes well I will l be making a silencer and aftercooler next. Any help you could offer about the information I shared here would be greatly appreciated in advance. . You guys seem to be having fun with your TH-cam Channel and I wish you all of the success that it may bring.
HA Ha Ha!!, a Belly Vise LOL !! Ok... I have a Magnum belly vise myself.. sometimes used as an auxillary table for small closeup work or quick lunch. Bud, my new acquisition, an I/R 2 stage, 2.5 hp has these old style "finger" valves, so I'm studying this vid, & lower end rebuild series vids., in case repairs are needed. Thanks Guru & camera wife for the educational & entertainment value put into your channel. It's good clean fun! Paul from S. Central Tx.
Great content and thank you for sharing it. I can't thank you enough. My compressor has been sort of a mystery unit. It has 30T 560v stamped on the Ingersoll-Rand ID plate under model number. In the serial number spot it has 30T in black ink and 397577 stamped in. The tank has a plate as well telling me was built in 1992. It was given to me by wife's employer. He refused to take anything for it regardless my insistence. He finally told me he knew it was a much better unit than the new one he just went out to harbor freight and purchased. He said he was in the middle of a couple jobs that could not wait. This one has sat by the working on for years now. He also said he was aware that the one he gave me was likely more valuable broken than the one he now uses was as a brans new unit. I can not confirm this but, I assume that the model number stamped on the pump stands for the whole unit and not the compressor pump? Decoded it simply means that 30T is the series of the whole unit tank motor and pump. Then 5 would stand for 5hp and the 60 is for gallon tank size. That would leave the V to mean Vertical. It has the reed valve set up like the one that you are rebuilding and a single coiled intercooler line between the low and high pressure cylinder heads. I am certain I found the issue when I pulled the high pressure head the head gasket was torn and a piece of it was causing the reed valve to stick and surface rust was starting to get to the point of pitting the metal. There was also water mixed in the oil. I figure due the the valve issue and Florida Humidity?? The unit had never been in the weather. Due to the fact that Ingersoll-Rand has not bothered to get back with me and I have no idea which gasket set to buy I bought some Fel-Pro Rubber-Fiber Sheet and used the old gaskets to make rubbings. I transferred the rubbings to pattern material and made templates. I the used the templates to transfer the exact shape of the gaskets to the gasket material. I then cut the gaskets myself. The reeds seemed fine along with the hardware after a good cleaning. I scrapped all the old gasket material off the best it would come off. I followed up with sanding all surfaces with an orbital to brighten up and make sure the parts were flat.(I did sand the port due to the fact I has already done it by the time i found this video. But I did have a large orbital that covered the entire surface?????) I treated the gaskets with never seize and put everything back together. Using 35 lb ft of torque and tightening in a the bolts in a crisscross pattern. Then retighten after 30 mins run time. The century 5hp single phase 230V motor was then torn down to discover the only thing it needed front bearing to be pulled and and new one pushed in place. The bearing was an easy fix and in stock at my local O Reilly's. It was made by National Bearing. The motor and wiring was then tested and runs smooth as silk. I have not put the belts back on to test everything, but the time is near. I am going to scope the tank first with a camera to verify that he inside is not in too bad of shape and may treat the inside with something if I can figure out how to accomplish it. Worst case I will coat the outside of the tank with Polyurea so that if a tank failure happened it would contain it. My pads to bolt it to the floor will arrive today and that will be the last step I hope before the test. If all goes well I will l be making a silencer and aftercooler next. Any help you could offer about the information I shared here would be greatly appreciated in advance. . You guys seem to be having fun with your TH-cam Channel and I wish you all of the success that it may bring.
HA Ha Ha!!, a Belly Vise LOL !! Ok... I have a Magnum belly vise myself.. sometimes used as an auxillary table for small closeup work or quick lunch. Bud, my new acquisition, an I/R 2 stage, 2.5 hp has these old style "finger" valves, so I'm studying this vid, & lower end rebuild series vids., in case repairs are needed. Thanks Guru & camera wife for the educational & entertainment value put into your channel. It's good clean fun! Paul from S. Central Tx.
Paul I replied to another comment. which model IR did you find? and I can take care of your needs for the conversion valves.
@@THECompressorGuru Model #234. Full detailed reply at other YT comment posted today. Thanks, Paul
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This is Jerry again Do you a compressor pretty cheap
contact me through thecompressorguru.com there are some options.