[TheForge] Bull Air Hammer

[Ron Swisher]

Don what is this compressor fluid doing?

Ron
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Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Bull Air Hammer


>
> In a message dated 2/1/2006 9:56:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> GHS at execpc.com
> writes:
>
>>Does  anyone on the list own a 75 lb. Bull?  I have recently noticed a
> decrease  in the bpm and an inability to get an air cushion at the top of 
> the
> stroke.
>
>
> When my Old Blue starts behaving badly, eg: slows appreciably, skips a 
> beat
> or two,  hangs, etc. I cycle some air compressor fluid through it.  First 
> shut
> off air and bleed system. I pull the hoses from the cylinder. Pull  one of
> the lines at the compensator and squeeze in about 4-5 decent squirts of 
> fluid
> and re-attach it. Then turn on the air and cycle so everything flows 
> through
> the valving. I catch the discharge in a coffee can while holding on to a
> flopping cylinder hose. Sometimes have to do this process twice.
>
> Don Plummer
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