Thanks for following and remember to subscribe to my YouTube videos and RSS feed. Our CRAFTSMAN® Customer Care team is available to assist 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Visit our Parts & Services page to find parts, schedule repairs, locate Service Centers, search for tool diagrams and more. Like I said I had problems with the stupid plastic cowling. Air Compressor is Proudly Made in the USA with Global Materials in JACKson. Torque the cylinder head on in a star pattern to 120 inch-lbs.įinally put the plastic cover on but you will see in my video I modified my cover. Torque the motor shaft nut to 45 inch-lbs. You can get this with or without a new bearing.Ĭarefully put the piston in the cylinder sleeve and attach to the motor shaft. ![]() Putting it on might be a bit of a job but a machine shop would be able to help with that step. My bearing was fine but if yours is bad you can order that from the same site. After removing the screw I used a big screw driver to twist open the base and slide it off the bearing. Here you see the horrible scoring on the inside of my old cylinder wall. The valves open and close as air is sucked in and then compressed out into the tank.Īnd this is the bottom of the valve plate. The large side is the intake and the smaller side is the compression exhaust side.īelow is the top of the valve plate assembly and it is what controls the in/out of the air flow as the piston compresses the air. I had a dog of a time with my plastic cover but you can watch the video if you want to hear more. Unplug your compressor, drain all the air and take off the plastic cover. Not all these bits may be bad on your compressor but if you’re taking it apart why not replace all the ware parts for one kit price. Then pick your rebuild kit which should come with the piston, cylinder sleeve and new rubber rings. ![]() You type this model number into the web page and select search by model number. You can find your Craftsman model number affixed to the side of your compressor. You will need a long Torx T20 driver if you don’t want to hack up your cover like I did. My compressor is a 5HP 30gal model 919-165300 and I was able to get the rebuild kit from You can also find another good Craftsman air compressor rebuild video of a smaller model here: The only 5HP models were over $1000 and more gallons. I couldn’t find a 5 HP 30 gal model like this on the market anymore. Well that was the cost over 12 years ago. These step-by-step repair guides will help you safely fix what’s broken on your air compressor. Repair guides common to all air compressors. This is a ~12 year old compressor that could no longer get up to pressure and would have cost over $350 to replace. Craftsman 919167370 air compressor parts - manufacturer-approved parts for a proper fit every time. There's Harbor Freight on my way home from work.In this video I rebuild my Craftsman oil free air compressor for ~$47 USD. Sparrow, you've got the gears turning in my head. Am I being irrational? I'm sooooooooo close to finishing up my EA-6B Prowler but I need to put on two more shades of grey! If it were yours, would you still use the compressor? I have this fear of turning on the air compressor, having part or all of the unit detonate and sheer off both my feet. ![]() While I'd love a little quiet one just for my airbrushing, necessity dictates that I have a little bit bigger one for the rest of the things I do around the house. In the summer it inflates my kids swimming pool and the occasional bike tire. I also use it once or twice to fill up the tires on my snow blower. In the winter I use maybe once or twice for filling up snow inner tubes for the kids. I use my current compressor for airbrushing 98% of the time. Since I don't know that part, I wouldn't know what the proper parts would be to fix the situation. I don't know how to properly diagnose it. My only stumbling block is that I don't know enough of what's causing the problem. I've contemplated fixing the thing myself. I've received more responses than I anticipated! All I can say is THANK YOU for each and every one of them.
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