A good deal, but not as good as I had hoped

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314]

I’ve been wanting a gas powered air compressor to mount on the service truck for a while now. Finally decided to pull the trigger on one today. I’ve been looking at an Ingersoll Rand from Tractor Supply as well as the Central Pneumatic from Harbor Freight. 
 

Went to Tractor Supply first thing this morning and this particular unit was sitting on the floor, marked down from $1100 to $750 with a tag that said as is no returns. Asked about the story on it, guy said it was sold a couple weeks ago, ran for about a day, and the motor locked up. Gave him $350 for it, loaded it up and headed out on the 150 mile journey to Harbor Freight to pick up a Predator 212 to put on it. $350 for the compressor and $140 for a motor, $500 bucks in an $1100 unit...not bad.

 

Get home tonight only to find that the motor is perfectly fine, but one connecting rod in the compressor had seized itself to the crank. So now I can spend $380 on a new crank, rod, and gaskets...or $450 on a whole new pump. Either way I’m still in it for way less than a new one, so it was still a fairly good deal.

 

As a bonus though, I do have in the back seat of the truck a brand new Predator 212 that will probably find its way onto the 2 seater Wheel Horse and get me going on that project again

[lynnmor 7,302]

I guess that there was no oil in it?

[ClassicTractorProfessor 5,314]

21 minutes ago, lynnmor said:

I guess that there was no oil in it?

There was some oil in it...but it was low. But there was no sign of any scoring or anything on the pistons or cylinder walls, they all looked like brand new and even had an oil film on them. So not really sure what happened. But should have the new crank and rod sometime this next week and be up and running again

[DennisThornton 4,769]

Guessing it was started and run a bit with no oil at all.  Good luck with it!

 

I've always wanted a big gas air compressor but now I'm thinking I might hang one off the front of a big HP WH.