I say change the motor, and with the extra $$ put in a cooling/drying setup.It'll save the tank and tools, and make painting a breeze. Being I repair/service dry air compressors at work, I wanted to do something creative for home use. I'm not spending $2k just for the drying side for small capacity home use. So seeing some odd cooling/drying cobbled together systems on the interweb I built this. Using a Derale trans cooler, fan that fit, auto-draining moisture trap and 1/2" aluminum tubing and installed another 30 gallon tank. built a movable cart for it all. Cooler $70 Fan $25 Trap $40 Tubing $30 (20 ft, but only used 10ft) Addl tank $200 Addl fittings $20 over the years I've seen alot of failures that are just a rust hole in the storage tanks or lines. I have recently purchased the electric auto drains for the tanks, being they are currently auto/mechanical that leak, but I don't get that much moisture in the tanks now.
Chip
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