Cambell Hausfeld

[showcrop]

I have a 26 year old Campbell Hausfeld 2 cyl compressor. The head gasket blew Tuesday. I am looking on line and the parts seem to be available but sources have the kit including a new head as on back order but there is a gasket set which has gaskets that from the photo appear to be the same, that are available. Will it work to replace the gaskets but not the head?

 

[GarryinNC]

How do the valves look in your existing head? That would be the determining factor. I think some heads with the reed valves have rivets that hold the valves in and the rivets can work loose.

Garry

 

[Dean]

Might want to call Campbell Hausfeld Technical Support.

Dean

 

[Hobo,NC]

All I did was replace the gasket...

 

[Steve@Advance]

Sounds like the same compressor I have.

I had to fix the valves several years ago, a rivet came out.

I went to a local compressor shop and the parts man said they have an updated head, but if there was any way to save the old one, do it, the new head was no good.

Assuming he was telling me straight, I replaced the rivets with Lock Tighted screws. Can't remember if I replaced the head gasket...

It worked until I noticed the head gasket was leaking. Need to fix it before I need and wish I had it.

Should still be able to get parts for it.

 

[Stephen Newell]

I have had one for at least 30 years and have overhauled it several times. I've changed out the flapper valves and the gaskets but have never replaced the head itself. Yes you could change out the gaskets only but I would try to at least get new flapper valves. They
are usually what fails.

 

[Repairman60]

Make your own gasket. Just check that the
valves are in tact. Should be good to go.

 

[dr sportster]

Story I heard is two guys from Ingersol-Rand started Cambell- Hausfeld I bought mine at Home Depot Who know how many HP as they were false advertising HP for a while back then
.Horsepower.Anyway short of placing the head on a surface plate and checking for warp I would feel free to put it right back on without worry.

 

[Terry G]

The head on mine was warped. I colored the surface of the head with a black sharpie and rubbed
it on a sheet of sand paper glued to a sheet of glass until all the black was gone. New gasket and
it has been good for several years. As others have said, valves may need some attention.

 

[showcrop]

(quoted from post at 18:48:17 09/10/20) Make your own gasket. Just check that the
valves are in tact. Should be good to go.

Repairman60, I have made a lot of gaskets myself but never a head gasket. What do you make it out of?

 

[Repairman60]

I made one several years ago still
running compressor every day. Best I
remember I used oil and gas gasket
material about 1/16 thick. It was one a 5
hp 80 gallon Cambell Hausfeld.

 

[DMartin9N-2N]

Good morning, Showcrop & others: I have a small Craftsman/Campbell-Hausfeld that is about 35 years old. A while back, a squirrel or possibly a field mouse put acorns into a faulty intake filter, this messed up a flapper. I found an old dealer who had parts to fix it. He said this stuff is no longer available through normal channels. Great! My concern now is possible tank rust. Should I be cautious, like get away from it when I first start it up? Thanks for any comments.

Dennis M. in W. Tenn.

 

[45cole]

West coast compressors, those guys are awesome. I called and got the exploded parts diagram and ordered parts. Reed
valves are best replaced and gasket sets are readily available. The air pump may not be a CH, but a champion or other. I rebuilt 2 speedair's and a CH, all run very well. If you call a good parts supplier you will find your parts, they're not on the internet as they're not commonly searched for.

 

[45cole]

Your unit is probably a 125psi unit which isn't too much IMHO. Pull the PRV and make sure it's clean as well as the check valve. You may be able to see into the tank with the check valve off and see the rust.

 

[Hobo,NC]

I spec its a speedair pump, mine is a 40 year old sears it used a speedair pump... I looked for a gasket set I had I cannot locate it the head gasket was paper... I just replaced the head on a larger speedair 27CFM the head gasket was paper. I have also built several IR 5 HP compressors the head gasket was paper. I measured the gasket for one its .010 thick and a green paper I spec has a fiber composition.

 

[Hobo,NC]

Should have been .018

 

[Roger in Wisconsin]

I got the kit from CH for mine years ago. It included head, gasket, and bolts.