Check Valve Gasket

by Tom
(Moreno Valley, Calif.)

I povided you a photo of my check valve gasket that was leaking. You asked where did I purchase my compressor and the make of my compressor. I purchased by Central Pneumatic Compressor from Harbor Freight Tool. When I described my problem to the sales persons, they were unable to help me. They are in sales only. They couldn't even give me the phone number for Central Pneumatic!!!

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Bill says...

Their response is not surprising. A high school kid working part time isn't going to know anything about air compressors.

Tell you what. Go to your local big box store, or find one nearby, and ask them where they send their compressors for warranty repair. Go to see these folks with your check valve and gasket.

Or, find the local industrial compressor supply outfit and ask them.

Central Pneumatic is Harbor Freight's house brand. They will have that brand manufactured by the cheapest compressor builder in the world, I would think, and that location would be in the Orient.

Cheap price, cheap compressors, no reliability, no service. That's the cost of buying cheap. It's a price that we, in North America, are coming to pay more and more as we continue (I'm as guilty as anyone) to buy cheap imported product at the cost of our own standard of living.

Cheers,

Bill