About 7 years ago a guy gave me an old Wayne compressor it was given to him by his uncle. I guess the guy never took any measurements because when he got it home it didn’t fit in his under house garage. The compressor stands about seven and half feet so there it sat out in the elements for a couple of seasons until I got it.
When it arrived at my place in 2004 it was locked frozen filled with water and not a drop of oil. I drained what water I could (drain was plugged) then stored it in my shop to be rebuilt on a later date.
A little history on this beast, it was built in 1967 give or take a year its model 6158-V of the 6000-62000 series by the Symington-Wayne company. The Wayne Tank & Pump Company was started in 1891 by former employees of the Bower Pump Company in FT. Wayne Indiana. In 1958 Wayne became part of Symington-Gould. Then in 1968 Symington-Wayne was acquired by Dresser forming Dresser-Wayne and can be found in service stations today.
For reference the concrete wall is 8ft tall.
So after 7 years I thought I would give it a shot to see if I can get this thing running. I used my engine lift to remove the 300 pound pump off the tank.
And water poured out of the crank case seal. Now I was wondering if the block may have cracked from the many winters it went through filled with water.
I removed the head and cleaned it off a bit….doesn’t look good.
One piston (large) had a ¼ of rust and crap and the smaller piston was under muddy rusty water. The copper air lines where filled with water as well.
Two rings on the large piston were free two were frozen, one had a crack. All but one ring on the smaller piston were frozen These are the original carbon rings.
I didn’t find any cracks in the block and the crank has good movement the bearing despite being under water look very good a credit to the way things were build in America years ago.
