when to pull the plug??

Its almost like an old friend is ill. Its just a compressor but when I think of the service its given for all these years, its amazing. This wasn't just used to fill a tire here and there......this compressor has been rolled across the corn field countless times to go work on a tractor. This compressor has ran a Dual action sander on hot days till the job was done. This compressor was even sandblasting last year as well as countless other times.

For how I use it, I have already started looking for a replacement, at best this one will go on light duty if not be phased out. Really a compressor is too important to risk its total failure in the middle of a job.

So far I have found some really sexy new ones at home depot but it seems the trend is uprights when I prefer the horizontal tank like the old one.