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  • jarhead
    Senior Member
    • May 2004
    • 695
    • Boynton Beach, FL.
    #1

    Air compressor accessories

    After much thinking, I decided not to buy a HF air compressor, but instead to spend a bit more and get a Makita MAC2400. The compressor should be delivered sometime this week (how am I going to explain this one to my wife).
    I am looking for advise on the type of hose and attachments to buy. Since this is an oiled unit, what type of oil does it use?
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    • LCHIEN
      Super Moderator
      • Dec 2002
      • 22023
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999
      #2
      Originally posted by jarhead
      After much thinking, I decided not to buy a HF air compressor, but instead to spend a bit more and get a Makita MAC2400. The compressor should be delivered sometime this week (how am I going to explain this one to my wife).
      I am looking for advise on the type of hose and attachments to buy. Since this is an oiled unit, what type of oil does it use?
      My advise re: hose - buy at least the rubber hoses, don't buy PVC, they become unmanagable when they get a little cold. SOmeone was recommending the PUR? hoses, polyurethane over rubber I think as even better (lighter and more flex than rubber) but I don't have one to compare.

      as for oil, don't they sell pint and quart bottles of compresor oil at the box hardware stores?
      Loring in Katy, TX USA
      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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        • sacherjj
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2005
          • 813
          • Indianapolis, IN, USA.
          • BT3100-1
          #3
          In addition to the oil in the hardware stores, my Husky branded Campbell Hausfeld compress had instructions that Mobil 1 Full Synthetic 10W-30 was good to use. But make sure it is a recommended oil, before grabbing auto oil for a compressor. A vast majority has additives that will cause problems with the compressor. I just got two quarts of Mobil 1 5W-30, because it will be in an unheated garage and run a little during the winter.
          Joe Sacher

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            • cabinetman
              Gone but not Forgotten RIP
              • Jun 2006
              • 15216
              • So. Florida
              • Delta
              #4
              I would use rubber hoses, and only use air compressor oil.

              And don't forget to get air tool oil.

              There may be some words in your owners manual of an alternative to air compressor oil, such as a certain automotive type, but I would only use what is recommended.


              YOU HAVEN'T FAILED, YOU JUST HAVEN'T FINISHED

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                • Tom Slick
                  Veteran Member
                  • May 2005
                  • 2913
                  • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
                  • sears BT3 clone
                  #5
                  Usually air compressors reccomend a non-detergent oil and I'm surprised a multiweight was reccomended. I am a fan of synthetic oils there are several compressor specific oils available.
                  I also like polyurethane hoses. make sure to buy the type with the string reinforcement, not the soild/cast type.
                  Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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                    • jarhead
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2004
                      • 695
                      • Boynton Beach, FL.
                      #6
                      Cabinetman,
                      The two pictures of bottles of oil that you linked to from HF, I can't seem to find them. Do you know the HF item numbers?

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                        • cabinetman
                          Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                          • Jun 2006
                          • 15216
                          • So. Florida
                          • Delta
                          #7
                          Originally posted by jarhead
                          Cabinetman,
                          The two pictures of bottles of oil that you linked to from HF, I can't seem to find them. Do you know the HF item numbers?
                          The air compressor oil is #9836
                          http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...bCategoryName=


                          And the air tool oil is #40706
                          http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...bCategoryName=



                          YOU HAVEN'T FAILED, YOU JUST HAVEN'T FINISHED

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                            • jarhead
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2004
                              • 695
                              • Boynton Beach, FL.
                              #8
                              Originally posted by cabinetman
                              The air compressor oil is #9836
                              http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...bCategoryName=


                              And the air tool oil is #40706
                              http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...bCategoryName=
                              Must be an instore items only... I did type the item number corresponding to the *.gif filename and came up with zilch online.

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