Quincy 240-10 Compressor

Anonymous-0

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I recently purchased my 240 compressor and love this thing. I have been researching and reading on the Quincy products and several searches have led me to this forum. Thanks for the great reading and information.
I bucked up and called Quincy this afternoon to see what I could learn about my compressor and thought I'd pass it on just incase someone has one like it. Quincy's people are very informative and helpful. They sure didn't mind answering a few questions.
Okay: my model 240-10 was released beginning 12/4/1968. They still make this model today. I timed my compressor from 0-115 psi last night and it took 3 minutes and 25 seconds to fill and shutoff on my 70 gallon tank. Quincy did the math with the 5 hp 220v baldor turning at 650 -675 rpm and said it should take 3.5 minutes. So my new (Annabell) compressor must be in great shape.
Quincy emailed me a parts list, instruction and tear/down rebuild manual for my model.
When I first got the compressor home and setup it was shutting off at 125 psi. I turned it down to 115 psi. Now after all the reading I may need to turn it down to 100 psi. I emailed Quincy and asked them about the pressure and also the previous owner said he had been using 10-30 motor oil. I also asked Quincy in my email if this was okay.
Okay, sorry for such a long post (1st one too).... I am just excited to own this beast... oops beastette (Annabell)
Take care,

MoHntr

Missouri
 
(Annabell)

You just took the cake. I hope you won"t stencil this on the tank :0

It"s all good, though, enjoy your purchase. Let us know what Quincy said about the oil - when I called them they advised against using a synthetic because of "excessive blowby". I used it anyway and never even noticed any carbon build-up problems
 
They recommend QIN-CIP lubricant as specified in the manual for the QR - 25's. Also they say the lubricant selected must have a pour point at least 15 deg. F lower than the minimum expected ambient temperature.

Other than quoting the manual they didn't elaborate on alternatives.

HTH

MoHntr
 

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