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Thanks Gunfreak. You're putting a York compressor on yours, right? Any chance you'd be willing to part with the oil rings from your old compressor?

Piston ring update I am still having problems getting my pistons back in the cylinders. I have pin-pointed the problem. It is the new oil rings. I got the new ring set from Brake Systems Inc. (Thanks Gunfreak) I called them and gave them the air compressor model number. They also needed to know...

I put new piston rings on my air compressor and I'm having a very hard time getting them back in the cylinders. Before I grab the sledge hammer and start swinging I figured I'd ask for some advice. Made sure they are the correct size rings. Honed out the cylinders. And coated the cylinder walls...

I forgot to mention. I used a spade drill bit (wood bit) to make the bolt holes. Worked great. And a lot faster than trying to cut them out.

air compressor rebuild Here are some pics of my air compressor rebuild. Following gunfreaks advice I cleaned up everything and honed the cylinders to help gain some compression. And I used his scans of the gaskets to make new ones. All I have left to do is some fresh paint.

Some more pics of my compressor tear down.

Wonderful post as usual Gunfreak. I took my laptop out to my garage and tore mine down. Thanks again.