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Anyone in the triangle area have a leak down tester they'd be willing to loan out. Planning for pulling my 2FE I want to ensure I have good documention of engine health for any potential buyers.

:beer: Ramon
 
@mtweller i am in roanoke. Close enough? A compression tester doubles as a leak down tester, correct?
 
Comet said:
@mtweller i am in roanoke. Close enough? A compression tester doubles as a leak down tester, correct?
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Thanks, but no - leakdown tester is different. They sell some cheapies for 40 bucks or so, but I was hoping someone had a quality one I could borrow. I do have a compression tester. Appreciate the offer.
 
Comet said:
@mtweller i am in roanoke. Close enough? A compression tester doubles as a leak down tester, correct?
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Negative. A leak down tester allows you to supply air into a cylinder when the valves are closed to see where it's leaking down pressure from, valves (intake/exhaust) vs rings. A compression tester only allows you to measure the peak PSI that a given cylinder is able to build.

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going to get a parts washer to clean up my spare parts for the new engine. Most likely just a HF job as there isn't much to it.

Also looking at a blaster. Trying to decide between the cabinet or a portable unit.

Anyone has any experience with either, most likely looking at HF again with it.
 
Skat blaster from TP Tools if you want to spend the money. I picked up the skat cat 40 used and replaced a couple parts. Have hours upon hours of trouble free use.

The HF units aren’t horrible. I’d seal it up with caulk when assembling and consider replacing the gun assembly with a skat version. Also some sort of dust containment (shopvac with a HD cyclone thing) is key. Bank on adding a led strip light on the inside too.
 
I have a benchtop HF unit I'm planning to convert:
Vapor blast cabinet
for small, or outside, work I have a HF 20oz gun; I love it. It's especially ideal fo rsamll rust spots on the frame. I use Armex for paint and sand for rust.
 
Malleus said:
I have a benchtop HF unit I'm planning to convert:
Vapor blast cabinet
for small, or outside, work I have a HF 20oz gun; I love it. It's especially ideal fo rsamll rust spots on the frame. I use Armex for paint and sand for rust.
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That seems like a good use of 20 bucks for cleaning up some small stuff. Do you screen and reuse media? How much do you go through for a small part?
 
mtweller said:
That seems like a good use of 20 bucks for cleaning up some small stuff. Do you screen and reuse media? How much do you go through for a small part?
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It's ideal for small jobs or small parts. You can reuse the media, if you can find it. I use this outdoors, so I usually don't/can't. I bought this specifically to clean up rust under my 80s and to use for restoring a couple of antique tool boxes, which will not fit in a cabinet. The Armex/gun removes paint and leaves a paint ready surface finish, but will not remove rust, which I use fine sand for. On a medium size toolbox (24x12x16) I went through about 25 lbs of Armex and 5 lbs of sand. That's prepping inside and out, but just the box, not the drawers.

The hopper will totally empty in 5-10 minutes; this thing really uses CFM, just like a cabinet. It really strains my little compressor. There is no flow control; it's either on or it's not. One word of caution, though. This thing was not only made in China, it was designed there. Apparently in China, a valve operator, such as the one below the hopper, crosses the valve when it's open and is inline with the valve when it's closed. I have been using this for a while and it's still baffling/not at all intuitive.

It does work, though and you can't beat it for the money. There is only one moving part, the valve operator, so there's really nothing to fail. Even if there was, it's $20.
 
Malleus said:
It's ideal for small jobs or small parts. You can reuse the media, if you can find it. I use this outdoors, so I usually don't/can't. I bought this specifically to clean up rust under my 80s and to use for restoring a couple of antique tool boxes, which will not fit in a cabinet. The Armex/gun removes paint and leaves a paint ready surface finish, but will not remove rust, which I use fine sand for. On a medium size toolbox (24x12x16) I went through about 25 lbs of Armex and 5 lbs of sand. That's prepping inside and out, but just the box, not the drawers.

The hopper will totally empty in 5-10 minutes; this thing really uses CFM, just like a cabinet. It really strains my little compressor. There is no flow control; it's either on or it's not. One word of caution, though. This thing was not only made in China, it was designed there. Apparently in China, a valve operator, such as the one below the hopper, crosses the valve when it's open and is inline with the valve when it's closed. I have been using this for a while and it's still baffling/not at all intuitive.

It does work, though and you can't beat it for the money. There is only one moving part, the valve operator, so there's really nothing to fail. Even if there was, it's $20.
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I purchased one of these blasters after reading some glowing reviews on youtube. I purchased 40lb walnut, the gun, and some fittings and tried it with my pancake compressor. It was very disappointing to say the least. LOTS of media falling out of the gun but not enough power to really clean the surface. I've got my big compressor up and running now and need to try the gun again.

BTW, I modified the gun with a better seal for the hopper and I opened up the valve as well. The original hole was too small and media would jam. Many other noted the same issue.
 
For $20 bucks I am def going to try one out for smaller areas or projects.
 
lumbee1 said:
I purchased one of these blasters after reading some glowing reviews on youtube. I purchased 40lb walnut, the gun, and some fittings and tried it with my pancake compressor. It was very disappointing to say the least. LOTS of media falling out of the gun but not enough power to really clean the surface. I've got my big compressor up and running now and need to try the gun again.

BTW, I modified the gun with a better seal for the hopper and I opened up the valve as well. The original hole was too small and media would jam. Many other noted the same issue.
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I read and saw lots of reviews on these with simliar comments. I guess I got lucky.

You do have to either keep the nozzle pointed up when not in use, or close the valve, to keep the media from falling out of the hopper through the valve, but it's nothing you can't learn ;)
 
lumbee1 said:
I purchased one of these blasters after reading some glowing reviews on youtube. I purchased 40lb walnut, the gun, and some fittings and tried it with my pancake compressor. It was very disappointing to say the least. LOTS of media falling out of the gun but not enough power to really clean the surface. I've got my big compressor up and running now and need to try the gun again.

BTW, I modified the gun with a better seal for the hopper and I opened up the valve as well. The original hole was too small and media would jam. Many other noted the same issue.
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You really have to have a big compressor for constant use air tools to be useful. I thought my air tools were good before, but it's like they were all supercharged once my new compressor was up and running.

Dramatic difference.
 
How long before I get that one?
 
South Bend 11"

I'm seriously thinking about trading up from one of my four kids. Any takers?

They eat nearly nothing, sleep 20 hours a day, will not move, even under duress (so no creating a mess) and will not respond or vocal demands (so little or no noise at all!)
 
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Picked up this little guy from a retired tool and die maker in Cary. Can't wait to start using it.

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