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Don, glad to hear that Eaton is going to replace, I proud they are an Ohio company. Good family business, they seem to care for the customer. I got my expansion framed will pour concrete tomorrow. Hope to be able to work on a car for a change.
Brad

Tom: I have had periods in my life like that, could do nothing right. The company I just left had this parts girl there who was into astrology and fortune telling and stuff. She came in one day and announced that "Mercury is going into retrograde (whatever retrograde is?)" and told us that computers and electronic things were going to start crapping out. Right after that our computer crashed, the phones began to screw up, and stuff in general just would not work. She sat proudly at her desk every time something broke and said "see, nobody would believe me." I stayed on her GOOD side after that. Don't need any witches mad at me.

Brad: I saw your post on your slab. That is going to make things a lot easier for you. Bet you're excited to get that done. Looks to be a good size too.

Yep, Eaton is in Ohio, and I couldn't be happier with them. I was responsible for buying the one at the Marina, and it has been flawless for a few years. On mine, as we gearheads know, mechanical things just fail sometimes. I would certainly recommend them to anyone, and would buy there again myself.

Got my frame Ospho'd today, so it will at least not rust until I can get the new compressor in place. I have enough other things to keep me busy, like grinding the front axle smooth, as well as the wishbones, etc. I can use my electric grinders for those items.


Don

Originally Posted by Supa Roosta

Don,
What do you think happened to the compressor?

What a fluke, I could understand a compressor of lesser known quality goofing up.
Guess you have to chalk it up to "infant mortality".

Let us know what Eaton says.

In the quality control business, most failures follow what we call the "Bathtub Curve." Higher rate of failures early on due to manufacturing defects, low level of failures through the mid-life, and higher rate of failure later on due to wear.

Every product has its curve. The good ones have a shallow "bathtub."

I got a deep bathtub, well deep enough to drown in if u hold my head under the water to long..................LOL
Brad

Don glad to see they reacted so quickly. Portable compressors are great for little work but can work you on larger jobs .

Hi Don, I sent you a PM, hope it helps a bit.

Mike

Got it, and passed it on Mike. Thanks. He was deciding between the Hemi and a sbc, and I know some Hemis are more desirable than others and easier to get stuff for. And since you are the guy to go to on Hemi's...........


Thanks again.


Don

I have been sort of dormant over the past few days on the T, because I am a little dead in the water without the compressor. Didn't realize how much you depend on it for air grinders and tools.

The new one is going to be at the terminal tomorrow, so I can go pick it up (I tracked it today) and I got the old one out and found the problem. It was not a seal, one of the cylinders was totally loose on the crankcase. I could turn all four bolts that hold it down with my fingers. Evidently, someone was sleeping on the assembly line, and I never thought there was a reason to check it before I put it in service. The other 2 heads are real tight.

I will still send this one back, because it pumped every bit of oil out of the crankcase, and I'm sure the bearings have suffered. You can bet I check the ones on the new compressor before it gets used.

Don

Bummer about the compressor!

I know what you mean about depending on them. A large portion of the tools I use are pneumatic. Mine is an old gasoline job I converted to electric. I'd sure be in a bind if it died.

Mike

Don, we're starting to go through withdrawl. Just a picture of something, the new compressor, the shipping pallet, or even the oil spot left by the old one.
If something doesn't change soon i'm going to have to go out and work on my own, and you will be held responsible for the consequenses to my wallet.

I've decided my next post will feature a painted frame, I've played with this thing long enough.

The compressor did come, and I got it installed, works fine. I also did some work to my sandblast cabinet because I have lots of parts that will need stripped down, and I have never been happy with the cabinets the way they were.

We have two, and both are the typical Harbor Freight models, and stupid stuff like the light blowing out and they leak sand all over when you are using them, made them unpleasant to use. So I stripped one down for parts, and rebuilt the other one. Put a new flourescent light in it and hooked up a shop vac to suck out the dust, so now I can see what I am blasting. I also caulked every seam and put a double gasket on the door and another latch, so that is no longer spills sand all over the place.

Dan saw where someone made a filter to go before the shop vac, out of a five gallon bucket and lid, so I made one today. You fill it about 3/4 full of water, and the hose from the blast cabinet, and the one to the shop vac are above the water line. The idea is that the sand dust gets sucked into the bucket and drops into the water. It actually worked fine, until the new shop vac I bought today died from running continuously. I'll take it back tomorrow and upgrade to a better one.

Anyway, I got my front wishbones and motor mounts blasted, ground smooth, and Ospho'd, and as soon as I get the front axle , backing plates, and spindles done, I will shoot those in primer, and maybe even some color.

Thanks Ron, for keeping my build in mind. I am just at that spot where my days now are going to be spent getting stuff ready for paint, and hopefully actually painting some of them Sunday. Very boring part of the build process.

Don

Upward and onward! Painting and starting final assembly is always a fun part of the build.

Thanks ron, i was just about to get on him for no progress, but you beat me to it. I hope your painting goes better than mine did tonight, more fisheyes in the primer than a fish store, guess thats what i get for buying a cheap gun, i also thought i preped it right, but its really humid and out i knew better, but i rushed and wanted to get it ready to paint tomorrow, hopefully i can save it and still get it done.


Hey don post some pics of your vacumn setup please, i`d like to see how you set it up, i have a good idea of how it works, they have the same setup at the home depot for drywall sanding.

[QUOTE=hotroddaddy]Thanks ron, i was just about to get on him for no progress, but you beat me to it. I hope your painting goes better than mine did tonight, more fisheyes in the primer than a fish store, guess thats what i get for buying a cheap gun,

Its not the gun that causes fish eye. You are getting oil or water in the air.

I have setup like that in my wood shop you can duy the premade lids from Rockler, it doesn't use water for collecting wood it just let's the heavier stuff fall in the bucket so it doesn't clog your filter as quick.

Glad to see your still moving forward. How is Don II doing on his bucket?

And as allway's thank's for the time you devote to us. Ron