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I learned this lesson the hard way lol

I ran a sandblaster for 15 years using a 2hp 20 gallon SEARS compressor.

Surprisingly it runs my Skat Blaster great, have done up to 5 hours of straight run time without issue, had a few hundred hours on it now.

I have a few hundred hours of runtime on this pump now and have drained many gallons of water out of the water separator but when I took this system apart to move and turned the coil over not a drop came out, so apparently the pump flows enough to ensure any water is pushed into the water separator.

I'll look into those, always room for improvement

Pipe dope is worlds better than Teflon, overtime pretty much every piece of tape was replaced with pipe dope when they started leaking.

I can't say if it will be worth it for you or not, but I can tell you this, as much of a pain as this bike has been to keep running and find parts for it, everytime I get it all fixed up to sell it because I'm fed up with it, riding it as a test always turns into a few hours of riding and then I can't see myself not keeping it, it has too much character.

I purge the separator every few hours of runtime and pull about a pint of water out every time, I do the tank daily and have yet to have more than mist come out for a second or two, his setup was a lot more autonomous but mine has given me dry air for hundreds of hours of sandblasting so far.

Well in 00-01 it wouldn't be a swap, it just came that way...

@@HardAngle They where sr but they where weak 110hp.

@@gabrielg6800 You are correct, although it was 140 HP according to Nissan, but some ECU tuning would wake it up, and the 02+ had removable engine and trans mounts which make them easier to swap something into.

Don't worry, I gave it to a friend who wanted to rebuild it, it did not get tossed in the trash

I'm glad to hear there is an excited child out there ready to ride a little JR50 like I was years ago. Its a memory she and her brothers will cherish all their life, I know I do.

I soak them in simple green heated to around 180 degrees, then I spray them with a power washer to clean off the cleaner and dry them with compressed air. Be careful as simple green "can" dissolve or discolor aluminum when doing this but so far I have only ever discolored (darkened) an aluminum engine block.

That is a bummer, such a useful tool for so cheap.

I actually moved to Tennessee a few months ago

I appreciate that a lot! There are times for sure where it would be a lot faster to do the work and not film it, but comments like this are a great reminder there are some people out there that appreciate it.

@@HardAngle Dang fantastic, got a new subscriber for sure!

@@xx-vk5ol love to hear it!

I'm guessing whatever it was stock brand new

Figured I would give it a try, why not. Good luck with Smog! Gotta keep these old Hardbodies on the road

Generator wpuld be the same its running the same power at the start as it would the emd maybe just runs a few extra minutes.

They call it a swing arm mod, I bought mine on Ebay from this seller. www.ebay.com/itm/373624493594?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ughzyp_7q_u&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=pvOiQn_wS42&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Go online you can get the size you need

I have to strap my machine to the building because it is too bendy to pop low profile tire beads, these machines definitely reflect their low price tag but with a few mods and some learning curve mine has served me well.

This tank ended up having a pin hole in the bottom, I got an upright 60 gallon tank and hydro tested it to 230 psi and all went well. Has been running flawlessly for 7 months now. I agree with hydrotesting your compressors every few years, takes an hour or so and could save your life.

Currently packing up the shop for my move at the end of this month. Might not be videos on this build for a few months but once the new place is all set up its right back to it, I'm excited to get this car completed and continue the journey of improving it over time.

@@HardAngle best of luck man, persistence with the move!

Thanks for the tip! System is still running with no leaks or issues, changed to a 60 gallon vertical once I noticed this smaller tank had pinholes in the bottom and I didn't want to risk my safety. But that tank was also used and restored just like this one.

@@HardAngledoes the generator work good with the 60 gallon tank ? If so how long does it run with a full gas tank in the generator

@@user-yq3rn5cq2o I've gotten over 12 hours of run time with a full tank, but the generator was also running my lights, the sandblaster vacuum, and a wood stove blower fan at the same time as the compressor.

@@HardAngle an that’s with your 60 gallon compressor runs good with it ?

@@user-yq3rn5cq2o Yes, that is with the 60 gallon tank, since it is the compressor body and electric motor just on a different tank it runs just like before, just takes a little longer to fill up now.

The one that came with this machine was very old and worn out so in this video it was not available, thank you for the part number, will make picking up a replacement a lot easier.

@HardAngle I like the spring silencer the best. It comes with four Springs, but I always add one more spring to it for the larger rotors. I've been in the brake lathe Sales and Repair business for over 20 years now. I happen to have one of those RTI machines at my shop that I took in on Trade in. I haven't really messed with it. Ammco 4000 is my number one seller

@@sinned96 For the price the guy was asking for this machine I couldn't say no. Seems like it is build very solid and it holds size every time which is everything I needed. I'm going to look into the spring silencer you mentioned.

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That's a real bummer, both of my Spec Vs have been unbelievably reliable, except for the electronic pedal issues I caused myself on my 02, I guess when mass producing vehicles there will always be bad eggs.

You and me both, thats the end goal for this someday, but my budget only calls for DEs right now lol

I don't have it out anymore unfortunately but just from Google images they seem to have very different plugs, although the airbags plugs seem to all be the same

@@HardAngleinteresting I’ll have to look more in depth and see if I can find a z spring with the same plugs. since I haven’t had mine out the pictures I see look similar to me but I’ve never handled one in person.

@@HardAngle I was looking at an 04 350z clock spring specifically

@@HardAngle mounting is different but if it’s all the same stuff maybe I can make the z wheel work with the stock clock spring?

@@jdm2779 I'm not sure at all since I've never handled one in person either, but pretty much anything is possible if you try hard enough, I'm sure you could pull it off

Haven't done too much else to it just yet other than driving it to Tennessee and back during that snowstorm we had last week. Since its my daily it doesn't get as much love as it should but I have plans for it in the future once I get a new shop built since we are moving soon.

I'm not really familiar with the mounting points on the 1.8, I don't want to give you any information that might be incorrect. So far I've had to custom make almost every mount for the 2.0 swap.

@@HardAngle ok. Got it. I was able to find another 1.8 engine to avoid that. The only engine available locally was a 2.0 and did not want to commit to that without knowing

@@SteveFloresCoach Glad you were able to find a replacement, that will be much easier to install and get going.

I am using a SR20 ecu, engine harness and body harness from an 01 Sentra SE 2.0, getting ready to put the engine in now, so what else I'll need to adapt will be seen in the next video. Even I don't fully know just yet.

@@HardAngle yeah me too even sometimes on Nissan form miss lead information. Learning as i go.. Heard they say you have to change crossmember so you might need everything from a 2.0 SE Sentra. Waiting for the ur next videos. Shouldn’t be any problem dropping it in 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@sniperworkssniperbay3077 The crossmembers look to be the same but I kept the mounts that mount from the block to the cross member, hopefully that does the trick.

So nothing more was needed I’m looking at the engine to by now sr20DET ?

@@sniperworkssniperbay3077 After getting it bolted in the crossmembers were definitely different. I had to custom fit the rear engine mount and custom fabbed both mounts on the frame rails, not sure how different the SR20DET harness will be since it will be for a different car, pulsar or something similar, I would speculate the harness that comes with the engine won't work but the stock B15 SR harness and ecu with a flash may be able to handle it just fine, but since I haven't done it with a DET yet the internet will know more than me.