Kellogg Compressor Resurrection Saga

Tom

5 years ago

Back in 2018 I bought an oooooold Kellogg American 335 of some sort. There was no data plate so I’m unsure of the exact model, might be a 335tv or a 335tvx. This post catalogs each video and some important things I learned along the way.

I picked up this ol gal for $250, but little did I know it needed a lot of refreshing to be up to the challenge of being mine.

Painting the horizontal tank with some Tractor/Implement paint and cheap paint guns.

Depressing news about that freshly painted tank. JB Weld over a hole in the tank. But we push on ahead and “change” the oil, air filter and get the pump ready to go…

Servicing valves, SUPER easy on this compressor, this thing was designed to run for a lifetime, considering it was built in 1966, maybe more than one by the time I’m done with it!

Finding out whats wrong with the leaky unloader. Explaining how it works and how to adjust it.

Total cost and final thoughts

All in all, more than I wanted to have into it, but man does it ever run nice. Everything we used to get this compressor up and running is available here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/trythistv?listId=14GAT4F3060XG

Here are some hoses and other parts I highly recommend for your air system: https://www.amazon.com/shop/trythistv?listId=1ZB5YF9FWYFZF

Once you have a big compressor you’ll likely want permanently plumbed air lines so you can have multiple connection points around your shop. I would highly recommend using pex pipe as it doesn’t have the explosive tendencies that PVC does. Here are the fittings I used to make that happen:

https://www.amazon.com/shop/trythistv?listId=1ZB5YF9FWYFZF