Fixing up a old Air Tank 

I only put mine on 80! It has a red warning line at 125, but I won’t go that high! Mine only leaks 5 pounds in a week,so I’d check it out!

It looks better than before that's for sure. Good job !

I've always heard thats better. I might redo it eventually, its leaks enough to bug me haha oh i don't mind, i'm always up for suggestions! thanks for watching!!!

thanks, i was a little disapointed in the stripes but its just a air tank haha thanks for watching!!!

I was always told that the plumbers tape was used for liquids and pipe dope was used for gasses.

Yepp, i hated that red, i like a bright red or a deeper red, that shade is just kind of there and not doing anything haha Thanks for watching!!!

thanks for watching!!!

Thanks for the video. I bought a used one last weekend at a yard sale. I had to repair the hose already with a repair kit from Harbor Freight. After fixing it, I put some air in it and sprayed it with soapy water. There's leaks all around!! So, I'm gonna go back and Teflon tape everything which I hope will help.

I have the same project waiting in the wings to do. I even chose to paint it medium blue like Ford Corporate Blue. Thanks for the hints on stripping.

I know this is a old video. But thanks a lot for sharing. I bought a tank from a guy real cheap. So I thought I would modify it. You got me in the right direction

I got a used tank and followed your advice- it works great- Thanks for posting

Thanks man. You really got a lot of questions answered for me about my air tank. You see I have to replace the entire gauge setup on my 10gal air tank. It was all mangled when I got it.

Yeah, i wish i could upload more, but i'm not really doing a whole lot this time of year.

a little one of my tricks here, cause you helped me on my mower a few months back....when working with teflon tape, put your thumb on the tape just outside of the thread area to hold it down. so your first wrap will start at approx 45* and the second and final wrap will lock it down. that way the tape is not chasing you around the threads as you wrap. take care

glad you understand!

I hear ya! thats neat that we had basically the same idea haha the blue i used is Krylon "True Blue" I would have preferred royal but I just used what i had. no problem! thanks for watching!!!

Great video. thanks!

quite alright a little bit now and then if perfectly fine

my neighbor had a deep socket at the correct size and a breaker bar. It came off very nicely. Thanks for all your help

dont look half bad good work

Thanks for the video, I think maybe using pipe dupe instead of the teflon tape will be better, I had leaks on mine using that tape. Donyboy73 has a video on his shop air compressor setup. I enjoy you videos, hope you don't mind me mentioning about the teflon tape. Bill

Hey I could never get that thread tape to seal, so I said the hell with it and just used pipe dope, however it looks like you did a fine job

On the back side of the input port there's no O ring to air-tight seal that connection through the threads of that connector, so when you've got the air "on" its going to leak around there a little. It will completely shut it off if you leave it tightly closed. Just a guess ass to the source of your leak. I know this because I drilled one out to make a "1/2" to 1/4 npt T" instead of buying 1/2" tee and reducers since a 1/2" x 1/4 x 1/4 or even a 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/8 tees do not exist, so the adapters were going to cost me more than the tank. Still trying to determine how to braise/jb weld the pop off valve holes.

I need to replace the manifold (red thumb wheel) on my MVP tank but I am having trouble finding one that I am sure will fit. Can you help me out? my valve and gauge are identical to yours and I caught the MVP name on top of the manifold.

Good video. I was going to ask how you got the manifold off, but after reading the comments, I seen ideas from others. I'm going to try some of them.

no problem good vids = views keep it up :)

what tricks did you use to remove the manifold from the tank prior to painting. Did you use heat or just brute force? Everything I have just rounds off the hexangonal edges of the manifold. Please share with me your secrets.......

Where can you get these parts I can't find them and I don't know the name is someone knows please respond thank you

not familiar with tread sizes. is 1/2 inch NPT for the part that screws into the tank common and is 1/4 inch NPT common for the hose connection and gauge connection. I dont want to buy the wrong size on e-bay and learn the hard way. MVP tanks come from China and I hope they are using standard common sizes. what is your opinion?

When putting it together you kind of put the cart before the horse huh!!!!