Have a question about a compressor

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I just bought a porter cable cpf6025vp for fifty bucks, the guy really let it go, the valve plate is trashed, the piston and sleeve are toast its missing a bolt or two, The motor works great and it does hold air. Now on to my question, Instead of buying all the parts to rebuild the pump (which doesnt look like it will last very long) couldnt I just replace it with a different pump and still use the same motor? Any recomendations on a replacement? I kinda want to find an oil filled. I am a welder so I can fab up some brackets for a different pump. Thanks for your time

[UtahAV]

I don't know if that could be done. Hitachi has a large selection of small, oil compressors. I looked through a few of their parts diagrams but none of the pumps are available as assemblies. Buying one as parts and assembling it would be pricey to say the least! I can also see problems with mating your motor to a different pump. Almost all of these smaller compressors have the piston driven directly off of the motor shaft making the mounting very compressor specific.

I would be interested to hear if you can get it to work!

Good luck!

-UtahAV
-Mark

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The end of the shaft from the motor is threaded for the plastic fan. I can eliminate the fan and the part that hold the piston. Then fab up some brackets to hold a pump either above or right next to the motor, attach a pully onto the motor and go from there. Once I get a pic of the finished work I will post it up. There are some pumps on ebay that should do what I am looking for. Plus the pump should last longer than what they put on from the factory