Burned out Air Compressor tear down, what went wrong?

I think everyone who watches this channel spent their childhood taking things apart, I know I did ! The modern world is too disposable, no one seems to want to fix anything just dump 'em and buy a new one. We are the old school who fix things and you cannot get much greener than that!

Man....there is something relaxing about watching your videos. Never stop.

I got an air compressor that would turn back an forth about 3/4 of a turn. When I took the head off it was about 1/4 full of rust and water. I drained out the cylinder and removed the piston. Cleaned and honed the cylinder walls. Cleaned up the piston and reinstalled it. Changed the oil (had water in it also). Tried it and it ran flawlessly. I still use it. Got it for free from the side of the road. No parts where needed.

Mustie I'm 15 and you have inspired me to start fixing small engines. So far I have fixed 3 lawnmowers and 1 strimmer. You have taught me how to test spark and clean carburetors out and unseize engines. Thanks again mustie because I really enjoy fixing things instead of playing computer games. And I'm making money from selling them

Thank you for your time. I have currently got 4 students watching your videos here in Australia, this is one of them now. We are learning in class about a sustainable future. without this level of willingness to have a go, i believe our future generations will go backwards. I applaud you for your effort to fix things that would be otherwise be thrown away. And I hope you can continue your work. Thanks again.

"That's not a good sign" Fav Mustie reflection! Love how he talks to camera like we are right there.

"Oh, no you're not!" I spit coffee laughing. I always wondered what was inside an air compressor. Now I understand how they work. Another unanswered question in my mind is answered. Thank you for posting. I learn so much watching your videos. I really appreciate your hard work. I think it succomed to "VW cylinder 3 syndrome" . The failed side got too hot

The story is all in Mustie's mitts. No pretty nitrile gloves here. I enjoy his meat and potatoes approach in making repairs, reminds me of so many people I know or once knew. I see rusted frozen/ seized parts, worn out wrenches, rounded out bolt heads, nuts and jagged metal edges, the hands say a lot. This is one of my favorite, most relaxing "Man stuff" channels. keep up the good work!

I was always taking things apart as a kid and still do at 57 years old 👍 fun to see how stuff works.

When you used your foot to catch the piston I thought I was the only one to do something like that, Thanks for your videos

I liked that you found out what the knock was instead of guessing. I never had a compressor- pump apart, so it was interesting. Thanks

Tear down videos are the best. One can learn tons about how things are put together and how things are engineered. Thanks Mustie, always a great time!

Good example of what happens when you don't check the oil level! Love your vids Mustie..Not only are they informative and entertaining, I just love how you include your fans in how you treat us just like we're there watching/helping/and exchanging views lol. Keep 'em coming Darren!!

A little lesson on water separators. In order for water to be effectively separated the water has to be in liquid form, when the air leaves the compressor the water is vapor, as the air flows thru the lines the air cools and the water returns to a liquid, the further away from the compressor the more effective the water separator works. It's recommended to be installed down line at least 20ft from the compressor.

Glad I found this channel. Really enjoy the variety and your thought process and methods. I'm a former gunsmith and now auto technician, so working on a variety of different things and seeing other people's methods is enjoyable. Great show to watch and learn.

I absolutely love watching you take it apart and finding out what it was that failed and how you could make it stronger obviously there's no money into rebuilding that pump but I love taking things apart I take part of my dad's little slot cars which was no big deal back + 86 cuz they're only a dollar now they go for up to $100 a piece I got a pretty badly damaged the back which doesn't allow me to do this kind of work so watching these videos are very satisfying to watch keep up the good work

That was fun Mustie1👍 I enjoyed it a lot and I would totally watch more of this kind of content. Thanks for letting me hang out with you in the garage again and thank you for all the hard work you do for us here in YouTube land.

Used to get into trouble from my dad as well problem was i had access to his tools and love taking things apart then fixing them even though they weren't broke . Keep up the good work John

So glad I found your channel. Hard to stop, hard to look away. You make everything very interesting to watch and to listen to. Mr. Information in a great way. Thanks so much

Your commentary in it's detail is very valuable. Keeping things going is not only smart it's economical. When someone else gives up on it, you take and revive it. I've seen your videos and I'm amazed at how you can take things and make them run so good. Kind of reminds me when I was working on aircraft and big rig trailers. You fix them until you can't fix them no more. The one thing I like about your video is, you don't speed the video up. When something takes to long, you stop, finish, then start videoing but we get the idea. At least I do. You just save us from going through a drawn out situation and go right to the instruction part. I say keep up the good work, too. An amazing fix it man you are there.