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tazzer
Ok my craftsman compressor craped out on me the other day and im looking at buying a Husky to replace it. most it gets used for is to air up the trailer tires and run a few air tools now and then.

what Im tring to do is figue out is which one to get. the less hp but more psi or the larger hp and lower psi/


homedepot has a husky for 199.00 thats a 20 gal. 1.5 horse power
150 psi
or a husky for 219.00 thats a 20 gal also with a 1.3 hp motor but 175 psi
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  • tazzer
    ....anyone know more about them than I do?....my capacitor went out on my motor,and this is an old 30yrs)....and I want to replace it....It is a Charge Pro ,by Ingersoll Rand....2hp... I would like to run air tools,but it didn't have the volume,and it is oil type compressor. Now, what is the difference in oil and non oil type compressors? Any suggestions....don't need a commercial type,but would like to have one that will do regular shop stuff... Thanks
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  • Don McManus
    I suppose you can look around, but I would think that at this point, you would spend less on a complete compressor and tank than on a replacement compressor pump.
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  • NeoBlackdog
    Get a new one but salvage the tank off of this one to use as a jump tank.
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  • hillbille
    did that with an old craftsman, used the electric motor, put pulley on it, and bought a pump and had to mount both to steel plate then to the tank, as others have said, probubly cheaper to buy new disposable one, though my motor and replacement pump have lasted 30+ years just not real pretty to look at
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    What Neo said. Keep any good parts, tank, motor, pressure switch, unloader, pressure relief, etc,
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  • p3skyking
    Honing the cylinder without putting in first oversized ring was probably a mistake.

    If you want a lifetime compressor, get an oil filled one. It will outlast the tank. My Campbell/Hausfeld? is about 40 years old and shuts off at 140 PSI.
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  • remingtonoaks
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    Get a new one but salvage the tank off of this one to use as a jump tank.


    Yep.... If you get another 32 gallon tank, then you'll have 64 gallons. You won't up your cfm's more than what your new compressor will be but at least you'll have double the tank size...

    Or you can go to Harbor Freight and get a compressor Duty motor if that compressor has the motor and head combined. If they're not combined you can use the motor off that one and buy air compressor...
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  • Mark G
    Give SVI a call. I have used them for lift parts for years.

    Sometimes if a manufacturer discontinues a popular part they will make it and sell it themselves.

    https://www.sviinternational.com/products/aircompressorparts
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  • Ditch-Runner
    I have seen compressors at harbor freight may give them a look
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  • grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by Ditch-Runner
    I have seen compressors at harbor freight may give them a look


    Watch what you buy their . Some of the Big looking one actually have a low CFM rating. You may now have a hard time finding one but I bought what was a Craftsman Professional One Higher CFM and pressure. Then used my old tank as another tank like was suggested here.
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  • tazzer
    Thanks guys
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  • Ditch-Runner
    I agree . I should have stated watch what you buy [:I]

    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by Ditch-Runner
    I have seen compressors at harbor freight may give them a look


    Watch what you buy their . Some of the Big looking one actually have a low CFM rating. You may now have a hard time finding one but I bought what was a Craftsman Professional One Higher CFM and pressure. Then used my old tank as another tank like was suggested here.
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  • Okie743
    You might look at HF and Wholesale tool.

    I installed a HF $125 two cylinder compressor on my 80gal tank 5 years ago and still all ok. It cycles from 90-120 psi. Mine was a mac tools 3hp unit made by IR. New price of a complete replacement was around $1200.

    Mine is not used for commercial purposes.
    If you plan on using one for painting and body work where it's run daily get a 2 stage complete industral compressor $2500 and up.
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  • TRAP55
    tazzer, I have the Campbell Hausfeld version of yours, and the only diff is the label. Got it at Home Depot on clearance, that should have been my first clue that bubba put it together.
    Mine was doing the same thing, about 75psi. When I shut it off, I could hear an air leak at the pressure regulator switch. Culprit was an orange neoprene seal that came apart and stuck in the check valve where the line enters the top of the tank.
    As I was fixing that, I found half the mounting screws were missing, some of the shroud screws missing, and that caused a chip in the cooling fan blade. Fixed all that and been running daily for the last 8yrs.
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  • remingtonoaks
    quote:Originally posted by Ditch-Runner
    I have seen compressors at harbor freight may give them a look


    Harbor Freight compressors are junk. But if you buy their compressor head, they're okay
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