thanks for the hi-jack! I have no need to power 1" drive air tools. I rarely use 1/2" drive air tools. I more often need air for a small 'detail' paint gun or an air brush. I was in the farm supply today and they have Ingersoll Rand air compressors in-stock, on the sales floor. I looked them over. On the 5hp and 7.5hp models, there , as plain as day, the tag on the air pump read "Made in China". They handle 4 different models of Ingersoll Rand air compressors. 2 cylinder reciprocating air pumps and the 2 stage models, with the 60 and 80gal tanks. ALL the air pumps were labeled the same, "Made in China" (I had to look for it on the 2 stage compressors, but it was there). Both the 5 and 7.5hp models had motors made by US Motor Co., which is now a division of NIDEC, an international conglomerate that manufactures electrical components. No "place of origin" on either motor or on the NIDEC web site. They are probably manufactured in several places around the word just as Baldor and Leeson electric motors are. I will say the US Motor Co. motors had a good SF (service factor) of 1.15, verses the .7 on the piece of junk that failed me. The original point of this thread was/is, that what we thought of as a good "warranty" isn't what it once was. So......... Sell a compressor that is broke down and buy an Ingersoll Rand? You would get NOTHING for a compressor and tank with a bad motor. My opinion, you are better off 'fixing' what you've got (within reason, of course). The tank is good, the air pump works as it should, install a new and better motor.... just be ****ed about the crappy Chinese motor with a crappy warranty that came with the unit.
