Ingersoll Rand Air Compressor Air Cooler Missing

Joe0121 said:
I have e-mail ingersoll and not gotten a response. The fitting appear to be 3/4 pipe thread and it had 3/4 tubing so not cheap.
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Well, it is Friday and folks are maybe thinking more of the weekend than working:). I would give them a chance for a response, early next week.
 
Go to junk yard & get a Automobile AC condenser coil (fits in front of radiator) & pipe that in sure works on mine.
 
Automotive condenser will not have the flow to keep up with a 5hp compressor. With some creative welding, you could parallel a couple, or 3 even, and get there though. You don't want to restrict the air right out of the pump.
 
On the same line as fixit you could also use an automotive air cond. evaporator core. It would be a lot smaller and many be a bit easyer to get set up on the compressor. It would take up a lot less space and still do the same thing. If you mount it behind the flywheel the air should be pulled thru it before going to the compressor head.
 
Make a two or three loop of soft copper tube between the head and fly wheel. The air from the flywheel will cool it. Mack sure the check valve is in the line and when the compressor stops the air is drained from that line. There should be on the check valve
a place for a small line that runs to the pressure switch that when the unit stops it drains the line between the head and tank.
 
I think I am going to go the copper tube route just not sure how on going to flare it and were to get the pipe fitting. Google has not been helpful finding an air compressor service place.
 
If it has flare fittings you can get most of that from NAPA. A flare tool is not that costly. You can do it.
 
David VanNorman said:
If it has flare fittings you can get most of that from NAPA. A flare tool is not that costly. You can do it.
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I have experience flaring break lines for people when I used to sell car parts but this is 1 inch ID piping so I imaging it would be a single flare.

I assume type L annealed is what I want?
 
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I have rented a hydraulic flaring tool for job requiring many 1" T316 stainless tubing. They normally have several for in house use as they make hoses for people, and a lot of them terminate in flare fittings. I'm sure any place that makes hydraulic lines would do the job for a small fee. Often tractor and heavy equipment service outfits make hoses and could do it. That is, if you don't have other access to a larger flaring tool.

Ann L will do the job. It won't require a double flare like brake lines. As an alternative, you could consider compression fittings if flaring presents problems.
 
You could use something like Swagelok or Parker compression fitting with flexible copper or stainless tubing. I use this on my compressor with stainless flexible tubing, the tank pressure goes to 200 PSI.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brennan-3-4...643286?hash=item33aa3fd996:g:YsEAAOSw37tWCi6i
or flexible stainless hos which you can get in different lengths:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flexible-Me...hash=item2c6533bec3:m:mDuQvjxafJ4Lm-nF1L-sXyg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flexible-Me...668809?hash=item4641624089:g:5wEAAOSwsB9V~H2s
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Flexible-Me...hash=item2c673600dc:m:mFQPvkYYHW33RE1HBJtUyjQ
 
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