Has my air compressor died?

[irving2008]

Its like the con rod bushing is an oilite press fit into the con rod, if its overheated and run dry it may have part welded itself or distorted, esp if its contacted the cylinder wall... May be fixable... but law of diminishing returns might start to apply...
You might find some info here: Air Compressor Parts by Manufacturer - Master Tool Repair

ould also be very similar to the Clarke 250 Pather... http://www.clarkeservice.co.uk/manua...nther25_50.pdf

At least one model on that site lists a conrod as a spare "in case you forgot to oil it and ran it dry"

[Jonathan]

It doesn't look like anything has contacted the cylinder wall that shouldn't have.
Thanks for the pointers... I'm back at University now so wont be able to look at it again until next week, meanwhile I'll read up on it. Even if I can only get it to work for a few months that should be long enough for a good one to come up on eBay. I wouldn't mind a bigger (or quieter) compressor, although that will probably cost more than the £25 this one did at my local car boot sale!