> Good point. > I just found the owners manual. It was a Craftsman, back when they were > better. Oh, I just noticed yours is a Craftsman, so they must still be good. > LOL They're still good, at least by my standards. Eventually, I'll get around to replacing the tank on my old one and it'll be fine too. > It has a nice parts list, so I will go in and see, what I can find. > I had just replaced the switch last year, so was thinking that it might > nickel and dime me. > Another 20 years, I probably won't last that long. LOL > But fixing for a few years is probably the way to go, since a few years will > be long enough. I figure, we spend so much time nursing along old pianos that should more realistically be either extensively rebuilt or disposed of, that we ought to at least give an expensive tool a good look for repair options before writing it off. > I might even find something simple like a belt off. > Your e-mail got me thinking, it can't be seized up, or the breaker would > have blown. It was just making a weird noise, and had no pressure. I had > forgotten to turn it off, and it was what I noticed on going in this > morning. Check the valves. You might have it back up for $30 in parts and an hour's time. > They were expensive back then, this one listed for $819.53, and it was 1980, > not late 70's. Listed, sure, but what did it actually SELL for? <G> Ron N
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