Hello,

I am looking at buying a very old Saylor-Beall vertical compressor. I am attaching a couple of pictures in the hope you can answer a few questions for me:

1. Can you tell me anything about the pump head? Specifications? Model number and output?

2. The motor was replaced at some point with a 3/4 hp which is way too small. Based on whatever model this pump head is, can you tell me what size motor would be correct?

I have looked everywhere for info on this unit and cannot find anything, despite the fact that I have the model number and all. Any info you can give me would be great. I want to paint my car over the winter and need to get this compressor running in top shape so I can get it done. Thank you!

Darel

Thank you so much!

I contacted S-B through their website and their rep replied that it "looks like our old C-series, which we stopped making in the 1970s", but more surprisingly, he said the 3/4hp would be correct and the pump only puts out 2.5 cfm? That seems ridiculously low. I mean, one of those 12v cigarette-lighter plugin thingies puts out 2.5 cfm. One difference I've noted is that every S-B I can find on the interwebs has an air cooler (which may have been a later design upgrade, as this is very old), but also cast mounting feet. This is the only picture I can find of a S-B pump with a mounting plate like this.

I really appreciate if you or anyone else knows a little more about it. Thank you so much for your help!

Darel

Gotcha, thanks. See, you learn something new every day!

I am mostly interested in the pump, as 2.5 cfm is WAAAAY too small for what I need, but this looks too big to have such a small output. I need to run air tools and do some light sandblasting and there's no way this setup will work, but if it turns out the S-B guy was wrong and it's actually larger than 2.5 cfm I'm going to consider buying it. Also, thinking about using it as a bargaining point because I can always borrow my buddy's big compressor for a week or two, and run them in tandem.

Thanks again!