Sad day for my comp!

[Ton-up]

Sad day, as my old compressor that I have had for about 25 years blew up this morning! I only use it at home for pumping tyres, pin gun, etc. Turned it on, run up to pressure and the windings went pop.
Thing is, I looked at the age and could'nt be
Ieive it was 1979! I didn't know Clarke were going then!

 

[pedrobedro]

I used to have a small Clarke compressor about that age that didn't have a tank, just the motor and pump. I got a lorry brake tank from a scrapyard and a pressure switch and put it on a trolley and used it for years till I sold it and got something bigger. You could get a new compressor and just use that for a mobile tank or air pig as they are called.

 

[wristpin]

WARRANTY !!

 

[Ton-up]

When I can get a replacement motor!!

 

[500e]

Here's a manual to help order parts
https://www.clarkeservice.co.uk/manuals/compressors/pioneer100.pdf

 

[awemawson]

Same happened to my identical one last year. Insulation broke down utterly

 

[RonMig]

Had mine from new, over 30 years & still works fine. Somehow managed to paint 2 cars with it in the '80s, but since then it's just been for tyres, as I got a bigger one for other stuff.
A mod I found useful; added a dead-wheelbarrow handle to make it easier to roll it down the drive

Only just noticed where it was made...