Diesel Compressor???

[rumplecat]

I won a compressor at Hooks this week, it is one of the standard military shop type compressors, 15cfm at 175 psi but this one had the standard military engine replaced with what i hope is one of the small two cylinder diesel motors, the red fuel tank and bright steel motor body talked me into bidding about $150 than I would have. I will be next week before I can make it down to Hooks, anyone got any ideas gas or diesel.
James

 

[drgreg]

Pretty sure it is a Yanmar diesel, single cylinder, about 8hp.

 

[Speddmon]

if you look really close at the tank, you can make out the blurry "Yanmar Diesel" on the tank

 

[rumplecat]

I hope you guys are right, that would be a real catch for me, I have a couple of the small wheel barrow type compressors but this one would give me some serious portable volume!
James

 

[Speddmon]

It would be a nice compressor none the less, but depending on what you are running, 15 CFM isn't a lot. My smaller shop compressor is about 10 to 12 CFM at 125 PSI, and it doesn't run my little blast pot very good...it'll get the blasting done, but I spend a lot of time waiting for the compressor to catch back up. For air tools and the like, it should work great for you.