1959 Broken Air Compressor - Repair and Maintanence

My current compressor did get broken recently and I couldn't get any spare parts for it. I already was on the way to buy a new one, when my uncle told me that I can have his old one. He used it sometimes until it got broken. The motor was still running and the compressor was still building up pressure, but something was wrong with it as it took forever to build up the pressure. I decided to disassemble it and take a look at it if I can fix it. First I removed the belt cover and the belt, so I could remove the compressor unit. The piston still moved very smooth, the cylinder walls looked very good and it had very good compression. After cleaning the valves and making a new gasket for the head I put it back together and fixed it back on the tank. Inside of the other valves and tubes was a lot of slime, a mix of old oil and water. I cleaned everything and sealed all threads with teflon tape. There was even more slime inside the tank, it took around 45 minutes to get it all out. I haven't really found a broken piece or something, I guess it was just all the dirt that made it not work properly anymore. The final test at the end showed that it works now absolutely perfectly again. It needs around 7 minutes to build up the pressure from 0 to 7.5 bar, if the pressure falls below 4.5 bar the compressor starts running again and it only needs another 3 minutes to get back up to 7.5 bar. This compressor will be a huge help from now on in my shop and I hope that I can work with it for a long time.

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I was working on this project for 2 days
I haven't spend any money on this project
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