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   Julmer | Mar 23, 2008 07:38pm | #1

   I would suggest checking the reed valve(s). They are made from thin metal strip and do break after flexing too many times (it happened to mine after only low to modest use) and the result was lowered pressure.  

   You can open up yours and check if you have the right kind tools. Check the fasteners, mine had a special star drive that I happened to have, so I didn't need to buy anything to just check it out.  

   It was relatively easy to find, purchase and replace on my PC pancake.

    

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   Tinkerer3 | Mar 24, 2008 02:27am | #2

   As Julmer says,  the reed valves are an expendable item and do go bad sometimes fairly fast.  Not too expensive and relatively easy to replace.  I think the pistons and cylinders are also fairly easy to replace.

   
   

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   Edited 3/23/2008 7:28 pm ET by Tinkerer3

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   wiskytango | Mar 24, 2008 05:31am | #3

   I did the exact same thing about a year and a half ago. IT was still fairly new so i just took it back to the big box where i bought it and got a new one, And now i dont spray finish with it.

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   rsaunders | Mar 24, 2008 05:49am | #4

   And you see nothing morally wrong with this?"There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
   -- Daniel Webster

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   wiskytango | Mar 24, 2008 05:55am | #5

   Not when i tell them what I was doing with it and they gladly accept it and hand be a another. Its not like I went in misrepresenting how it happened.

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   rsaunders | Mar 24, 2008 06:44am | #6

   So because you went in and told them that your intention was to make all customers pay for your mistake and the clerks agreed to it it's ok?"There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
   -- Daniel Webster

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   Prado | Mar 24, 2008 08:36am | #7

   Lighten up my friend.
   Who's really creating the price increase? Is it the regular consumer or the profit driven fat cats?

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   rsaunders | Mar 24, 2008 08:53am | #8

   Profit is not a dirty word. Suppose you built a kitchen cabinet that was sold to a fellow who stored caustic industrial chemicals in it resulting in the glue and finish failing. Should you be expected to eat the cost of the replacement cabinet? Should your other customers who use your product for its intended purpose be expected to pay extra for theirs so that your income does not suffer?
   Whatever happened to do unto others as you would have them do unto you?
   Are we all to do harm to others because we think they are of the same mind? Where does it stop? Who will take personal responsibility? When do we say crap I made a mistake and its going to cost me, rather than crap I made a mistake lets see if I can get others to pay for my blunder?Well I'll climb off my soapbox, but do give it some thought my friend."There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
   -- Daniel Webster

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   MattInPA | Mar 25, 2008 07:55am | #13

   I love the way you see a specific example of the end user taking advantage of a company and you're still so focused on the big fat cats doing you harm that you blame the CEO. This costs you money and it costs me money. I would rather pay for a CEOs paycheck than that guy not reading an instruction manual.

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   Prado | Mar 25, 2008 08:02am | #14

   You're free to invest your money w/ whom you believe is on your side--so am I.

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   FrankDrackman | Mar 26, 2008 04:06am | #15

   I agree with you.

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   wiskytango | Mar 24, 2008 05:44pm | #9

   Yes.

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   forestgirl | Mar 24, 2008 06:39pm | #10

   Bob, I hope the easy fixes mentioned above work for your compressor.  I once saw the inside of one (pistons and Teflon(?) rings) that had been overworked.  It wasn't a pretty sight.  Being of the female persuasion, I'm genetically programmed to mention that the operators manual specifies the percentage of time the compressor is desiged to actually be "working" (motor running, if you will).  If memory serves, it's 50% on the PC pancake compressor.  Sorry I can't remember the term they use for that spec.  Beyond that, it overheats, wears out.  Ooooops.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   AndyE | Mar 25, 2008 05:11am | #11

   Duty Cycle.ForestGirl,So are you implying that Ohiobob, being of the male persuasion is genetically not programmed to read the directions? I have personally read many sets of directions, though I will note, often after becoming stumped during assembly. Direction #1 may be "Read and understand all directions", but you gotta read 'em just get that far.AndyBetter living through following directions.

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   forestgirl | Mar 25, 2008 05:51am | #12

   You got it, Andy.  What a guy!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   JohnWW | Mar 26, 2008 05:25pm | #16

   "duty cycle"