1693TA
Senior Member
Decided to bring my old 1962 Worthington "Blue Brute" compressor in for some routine maintenance today including an oil change and full tune up. I installed the new plugs, points, condenser, (capacitor) rotor, and bead blasted the cap internals. The engine started right up and ran very well so I snapped this photo with the engine running about 850 rpm as per the pneumatic governor control:
All normal at this instant. No sooner had I got my phone back into the holster on my side I heard an audible "Pop" from the compressor. Having not moved a step I grabbed the ignition switch and flipped it to off just as I seen a pool of oil growing around my feet.
Turns out the main supply line for the compressor section ruptured and it quickly let go of several gallons of oil it contained:
Given the compressor was right over my trench drain which I'd just cleaned and washed last month, I grabbed a bag of oil dry and dumped it downstream of where the oil was running to dam it up. I then threw down a lot of oil dry to start soaking it up. I was going to change this oil anyway, just wished it could have been just a bit more controlled.
I did get the engine oil changed with a new filter to no fanfare so didn't photo any of that. I'd had the radiator repaired last fall and the coolant mixture is fresh and full so did not mess with that.
All normal at this instant. No sooner had I got my phone back into the holster on my side I heard an audible "Pop" from the compressor. Having not moved a step I grabbed the ignition switch and flipped it to off just as I seen a pool of oil growing around my feet.
Turns out the main supply line for the compressor section ruptured and it quickly let go of several gallons of oil it contained:
Given the compressor was right over my trench drain which I'd just cleaned and washed last month, I grabbed a bag of oil dry and dumped it downstream of where the oil was running to dam it up. I then threw down a lot of oil dry to start soaking it up. I was going to change this oil anyway, just wished it could have been just a bit more controlled.
I did get the engine oil changed with a new filter to no fanfare so didn't photo any of that. I'd had the radiator repaired last fall and the coolant mixture is fresh and full so did not mess with that.