rodgling
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 09:45 AM |
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blew up my compressor
Just got a new compressor for Christmas... filled it with oil, turned it on and 20 seconds later there was a bang and the oil fill plug was nowhere to
be seen.
On closer reading of the manual for the same compressor as rebadged by Powercraft (i.e., not the rubbish manual that came with it) it turns out I
should have replaced that plug (which was for shipping only) with a separate plug that came with the compressor.
Unfortunately, in my eagerness to tidy the garage and make space for the compressor, that plug got thrown away as part of the compressor
packaging...
Anyone got any idea where I could get a new one? It's for this type of compressor:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Sioux-Compressor-5pc-Kit/dp/B004CRF9I0
(you can just see the red plug I need to the right of the yellow label)
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jossey
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 09:53 AM |
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just email the company you got it from saying it was missing from the box.....
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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designer
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 09:54 AM |
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Go to any shop that sells compressors, Machine Mart, etc.
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rodgling
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 10:02 AM |
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Yup, already sent them a weaselly email saying "I was unable to locate the plug". Which is true, since it's at the tip somewhere...
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paulf
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 11:04 AM |
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Can you just drill a small vent hole in the plug you have?.
Paul
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rodgling
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 11:09 AM |
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Unfortunately it parted company with the compressor at very high speed and has not been seen since... so no.
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Agriv8
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 11:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by paulf
Can you just drill a small vent hole in the plug you have?.
Paul
+1
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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Wadders
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 11:46 AM |
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More than likely a b.s.p thread, just nip to B&Q or your local plumbers merchants and get a blanking plug, drill a vent hole and away you go.
Al 
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owelly
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 01:26 PM |
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If its a 1/2" bsp, use a radiator bleed valve and take out the bleed screw.
ETA...better than a rad bleed valve, get hold of a plastic plug used for transporting rads. Drill a hole in one of those. They get binned when fitting
a rad.
[Edited on 9/1/12 by owelly]
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Bigheppy
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 05:57 PM |
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Wine bottle cork with hole drilled in the side to avoid dirt getting in 
[Edited on 9/1/12 by Bigheppy]
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gazza285
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| posted on 9/1/12 at 07:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Bigheppy
Wine bottle cork with hole drilled in the side to avoid dirt getting in
Just like my compressor has.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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