johnboy1313
Grumbler in Training
Hi everyone. My name is John. I live in Rockford, Illinois USA. My wife bought a used CS89 years ago and used it with no issues for a few years until it stopped firing and was put in storage. We are now building her a workshop in our basement so she doesn’t have to go into her shop every time she wants to build a frame.
We pulled the CS89 outta storage last night and connected it to air. When I first connected it, the horizontal clamp would cycle every time the pedal was pressed but the cylinder would never fire. After messing with it for a little while I’ve discovered that if I push the emergency stop button in every time before pressing the pedal, the machine fires correctly roughly 9 out of ten times but immediately pops the emergency stop button out again. Sometimes, the pedal still only actuates the horizontal clamp. If I then mess with the red emergency button a little, eventually it will stay pushed in and the machine will cycle again.
The emergency stop button is connected to a block labeled, “Atlas Copco VGD25 A-A”. I’ve tried searching for that part but can’t find anything on it.
I’ll try to make a video of what I’m writing about and will post a link to it below.
Any tips on what to look at next?
thanks, John
We pulled the CS89 outta storage last night and connected it to air. When I first connected it, the horizontal clamp would cycle every time the pedal was pressed but the cylinder would never fire. After messing with it for a little while I’ve discovered that if I push the emergency stop button in every time before pressing the pedal, the machine fires correctly roughly 9 out of ten times but immediately pops the emergency stop button out again. Sometimes, the pedal still only actuates the horizontal clamp. If I then mess with the red emergency button a little, eventually it will stay pushed in and the machine will cycle again.
The emergency stop button is connected to a block labeled, “Atlas Copco VGD25 A-A”. I’ve tried searching for that part but can’t find anything on it.
I’ll try to make a video of what I’m writing about and will post a link to it below.
Any tips on what to look at next?
thanks, John
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