It Just Doesn't Freaking Stop!!!

.... or rather it does stop, but not when you expect.
Yes, I am talking about that Craptor Supply / Craptersol Rank air compressor again.
I put in a full day in the shop yesterday.  I was done, playing on the computer and sipping on an ice tea when I heard the compressor kick on and then kick immediately back off again.
I said the heck with that shit, turned off the contacter and headed in the house.  This morning I found nothing obviously wrong, but it wouldn't start.  The breaker was tripped in the bub panel.  I played with various ideas on soft starting the compressor, but decided to check the next obvious likely problem first.
I cycled the compressor on and turned it off.  There was no hiss.  I grabbed a wrench, loosened the line... and there was the hiss.  The unloader has failed.  Cold the motor has enough juice to start the compressor, but after running all day in a hot shop with 113-117F outdoors (more in direct sunlight) beating down on a metal roof the resistance was just to high.  I can run for a few days the way it is, but I am about to order a new contacter and unloader.  I suppose I should make sure I have a spare check valve on hand too.  Yes you can sometimes clean check valves, but it usually doesn't last long.
Any day I expect the bung to blow out the bottom of the tank, or the compressor to throw a rod through the block.
In my opinion based on my experience Ingersol Rand and Tractor Supply colluded to defraud customers with this abomination.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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