Anyone have a portable air compressor and car skills?

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Old 06-13-2005, 07:02 PM
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Anyone have a portable air compressor and car skills?

I need to air up the tires on my GL-10 so I can push it out to the street to work on it. My landlord won't let me work on it anymore, but he wants it out of the parking lot and I have one week to get it gone before he tows it. I also have to smog it this month before the temp tag thing expires.

Here's the deal with the car. It hasn't run in 4 years. I've replaced the fuel filter, air filter and valve cover gaskets. The car is definitely getting spark, and it cranks just fine, but won't start. The fuel pump wasn't making a sound, so I replaced it, and the new one seems to be operating normally. The car has about 1.5 gallons of old gas mixed with fresh 91 octane (about 50/50). After replacing the fuel pump, it reaaaally wants to start, but it just can't quite do it. Going to try starter fluid/carb cleaner as per Subaru Specialist Aaron's advice. I'm woozy from gas fumes. The room is spinny.
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lemme know... i have a couple portable on-board compressors on my truck (for airing up tires after 4 wheeling)...

no car skills though... well just enough to end up with a bolt here and there after disassembly and reassembly...
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Originally Posted by ldivinag
lemme know... i have a couple portable on-board compressors on my truck (for airing up tires after 4 wheeling)...

no car skills though... well just enough to end up with a bolt here and there after disassembly and reassembly...
Oooo, compressors would be nice. When are you free?
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I have a cheapo compressor that plugs into the cigarette lighter. It takes a while but works fine at the rallyx's. I'm no expert, but if the car uses a distributor, have you checked if its aligned propperly?

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Originally Posted by kellie
Oooo, compressors would be nice. When are you free?
lemme know... i also have a 7 gal tank for air plus the 2 compressors. granted the compressors are small and takes about 5 minutes or so to bring a 33" tire from 15 to 35 psi...

i'm still working on a on-board CO2 tank to make airing up MUCH faster... lol....

i work at CSUH...
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Well if it weren't for me shearing the teeth off of second gear in my transmission yesterday I might've been able to bring a compressor down tonight...oh well. Good luck with your project Kellie!


Oh and by the way, I don't have car skills but I do have bow hunting skills
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