Just bought an air compressor for blowing grips on. Took me a while to justify the purchase, and I regret it already. I got a slightly more expensive package because I figured it'd be better and it came with an extra curly hose attatchment and some fittings.
What a piece of rubbish. Most of the fittings are useless, or at least I don't have any idea what their use is. There's no instructions for them or hints as to what they might be for.
Every single thing seems to have a male connector, and there's only one male to male adaptor, which means I can't assemble it.
The instructions for assembly are hopless, impossible to read, because the single diagram is too small, and there's nothing wrong with my eyesight. You can't read any of the numbers on the diagram. I spent most of the afternoon getting the handle and wheels on.
I fear I may kill myself with this thing as there is no guide on how to use it. And to think it was supposed to save me time. What a waste of money. I woulda been better off buying $240 worth of double sided masking tape.
Just bought an air compressor for blowing grips on. Took me a while to justify the purchase, and I regret it already. I got a slightly more expensive package because I figured it'd be better and it came with an extra curly hose attatchment and some fittings.
What a piece of rubbish. Most of the fittings are useless, or at least I don't have any idea what their use is. There's no instructions for them or hints as to what they might be for.
Every single thing seems to have a male connector, and there's only one male to male adaptor, which means I can't assemble it.
The instructions for assembly are hopless, impossible to read, because the single diagram is too small, and there's nothing wrong with my eyesight. You can't read any of the numbers on the diagram. I spent most of the afternoon getting the handle and wheels on.
I fear I may kill myself with this thing as there is no guide on how to use it. And to think it was supposed to save me time. What a waste of money. I woulda been better off buying $240 worth of double sided masking tape.
What make and model did you buy? Where did you buy it?
Can't remember the make off hand, but I bought it in New Zealand at a shop you've probably never heard of. I figured out it's more a lack of instructions than a lack of parts, there's more connectors than I realised, I just didn't know what they were.
My compressor has this sort of oil guage, which is just a small circular window with a red dot in the middle. Are you suppose to just fill to the middle of the red dot?
The manual doesn't tell me stuff all. It's just, you know, don't use in the rain, keep out of reach of children, don't use near nuclear weaponry, that sorta rubbish.
There's this one little circular plastic part with a thread on one end, I got no idea what that's for. And there was this little tag in the box (but not connected to anything) that said "remove cover before use. To replace cover, breathe mouth". Huh? What cover, and what's 'breathe mouth' supposed to mean?
Also, are you supposed to use the curly hose 'instead of' the main hose, or 'as well as'?
There should be a knob near the two gauges that allows you to adjust the pressure coming out of the tank. Normally you have to pull the know out and then turn it, this locks the knob in its' position.
You might try taking a look at some manuals for other compressors. They won't be exactly the same as yours but the basic elements are pretty much the same on most compressors.
After reading this, I think I will stick with double sided tape and solvent....
or be sure to get your compressor from someplace with knowledgeable sales staff. I think Mr Sooty's options for compressors and purchase location might have been limited in New Zealand.
August 26th, 2006, 04:02 AM
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