my mechanics insights's video: 1959 Broken Air Compressor - Repair and Maintanence

My current compressor did get broken recently and I couldn't get any spare parts for it. I already was on the way to buy a new one, when my uncle told me that I can have his old one. He used it sometimes until it got broken. The motor was still running and the compressor was still building up pressure, but something was wrong with it as it took forever to build up the pressure. I decided to disassemble it and take a look at it if I can fix it. First I removed the belt cover and the belt, so I could remove the compressor unit. The piston still moved very smooth, the cylinder walls looked very good and it had very good compression. After cleaning the valves and making a new gasket for the head I put it back together and fixed it back on the tank. Inside of the other valves and tubes was a lot of slime, a mix of old oil and water. I cleaned everything and sealed all threads with teflon tape. There was even more slime inside the tank, it took around 45 minutes to get it all out. I haven't really found a broken piece or something, I guess it was just all the dirt that made it not work properly anymore. The final test at the end showed that it works now absolutely perfectly again. It needs around 7 minutes to build up the pressure from 0 to 7.5 bar, if the pressure falls below 4.5 bar the compressor starts running again and it only needs another 3 minutes to get back up to 7.5 bar. This compressor will be a huge help from now on in my shop and I hope that I can work with it for a long time. I hope you like my work and the video. Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to: Yale Baker Adel AlSaffar afreeflyingsoul Courtney Maleport David Barker Greg Marston Gregory Mellissa Marcus Paul Mampilly Vince Valenti Alan Hanson Alex Breton alex latzko Aljoscha Erlebach Allen Frank Amanda Taylor, Esq Andreas Mimra Andrew Phillips Anthony Adams Arni Bjorgvinsson audi4444player Brian Newton Carlo Chad Bryant Cristian Zorilla Damian Rickard Dre Gilley Grok Senften Harper Kim Hunter R. JD Smith Jeremy Cole Jessica Alexander Jonas Richartz Joshua Bentley Jozette Soto justin f. Kelly Imgrund LVE Marc Cerisier Martin Rønnow Klarlund Mellissa McConnell Michael Bier Mike Donaldson Nick Cannon Pasacal Schmikal Paul Ambry PerryK RiskyDeem Robert Everich Scott Marshall Stuart Mitchell Suiros The Carlsons Trevor Kam Warren G Strand Jr 웅록 윤 Time and costs of this restoration: I was working on this project for 2 days I haven't spend any money on this project My camera: Panasonic HC-V180 If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible. Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english. Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-) „I make a new one“ T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/my-mechanics My Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics