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IS THIS THE SAME BRAND OF AIR COMPRESSOR....I FOUND THIS PIC OF IT AND NOW I`M LOOKING FOR 1...

I know this is an old thread but I figured I’d give it a try. I recently purchased a garage that was formerly a body shop. There was an old Fero air compressor with a Brown and Brockmeyer 2 hp motor. I was able to get it working today but am looking for parts for the motor. Thought maybe someone here may know something about either item. A couple pictures included. She is a bit crusty but will be cleaned up at some point

Motor parts maybe easier than you think, got to go to an industrial motor repair shop. Old motor are repairable. Looks like it could have been Gulf orange?

This is crazy! I searched for Fero through Ai a couple of weeks ago and this old thread came up, but before your post. I'm still working on my compressor and did another search today and bang you just posted this, amazing.

I have the same outfit that belonged to my best friends dad. He had it in his personal shop for 50+ years. It was in pretty much original condition although he did replace the motor in about 1970. He has done various repairs (some were questionable but functional) and I did run it about 5 years ago and it would reach 125psi. There were lots of air leaks, so not very efficient. I had planned to use it as my primary air source, but with all the leakage I just rolled it in the corner.

I'm now working on getting back in service trying to fix all the issues. It's a cool old machine. There are no unit specific parts, but stuff from back then is fairly fixable. Hopefully.

I'd like to think I can get a test run, maybe later this week.

You are correct. The shops will do anything from make it run to a total make new condition with fresh paint, bearings, and windings. I had my Bridgeport mill motor repaired to new.

Cleaned up the jug on my Fero today. Noticed this casting hole at the top. Always thought it was just a feature of the casting. To my surprise it's actually the crankcase vent! Has anyone seen this on other brands? Seems like an overly complicated way to do this.

Nice to see some other pictures of these old compressors. I pulled the head off and cleaned the valves and the tube that goes from stage 1 to 2. I didn’t pull the jug. I’ll probably just pressure wash the rest to get the grime off.

Nice to see some other pictures of these old compressors. I pulled the head off and cleaned the valves

I just got my new rings on, pistons in and jug mounted back up. Hoping to get it spinning later today. It's been a bit tedious to put back together. No specs on any of the bolts so I just used a best guesstimate.

It had stepped end rings but those are long time not available. I put standard flat butt end ones back. I've still got to do some cleaning in the inner cooler loop. The fins are pretty dirty; should cool better when clean.