Scored On An Air Compressor!

When Coleman was still a viable company I use to do warranty work on all their generators and compressors. I picked up one like that from a customer after a couple warranty jobs, Last of which was a complete replacement. Problem wasn't colemans but the customers since he had it in his dry cleaning business in the boiler room where is was regularly north of 160 degrees. Aluminum pumps just don't like that kind of abuse. After the last failure he went to a cast iron pump and gave me the old compressor. A $5 part and the unit has served me well for the last 15 years. The wires were probably just a poor connection allowing them to get hot. When you put it in place mount it on some rubber. An old tire cut up works well. The fair better in the long run with some vibration dampening. The oils on it is probably not seals leaking as mist that escapes the pump vent and tends to settle over the unit and draw dirt. Just be sure to swap the compressor oil about once a year and regularly drain the excess water out of the tank. Before you put it in place it is a good idea to pull the drain from the bottom, install a 90 and short piece of pipe and then the drain. Makes doing the chore much easier.