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valve not sealing

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:18 pm
by singularity
i got one of these a little while ago

<img src="http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/a0/ ... _57101.jpg">

just recently got around to puting it in only because i had a working one already on the gun (why fix something thats not broken). i pnuematically modded (this is the third or fourth valve ive modded, all the other ones i have work fine) well any way it doesnt seal, it just lets all the air out the barrel. ive been using a 25hp aircompressor to fill it. i took it apart again and realized the part of the diaphram that makes the seal i made out of some sort of hard plastic, did it dry out or something? so any ideas on how to fix this? o yea i forgot to mention its not just leaking out the barrel, its dumping all the air out the barrel.

holy crap 4585 new post i havent been here in a while

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:33 pm
by jrrdw
The bleeder vent open? I got one from bcarms.com allready modded, it's just like yours in the picture, and my bleeder lever is flipped down, or up, ok it sticks out to the side. The solinoid was also removed and the hole epoxed shut.

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:53 pm
by singularity
well i epoxed the hole shut because i thought that might have been the problem so it sholdnt atter which way the bleeder is. i would have just bought from bc arms but my parents dont trust the internet or something, that how i got into all this (by this i maen building weapons) in the first place. i wanted a particlular weapon that was on a website by my parents wouldnt let me buy it so i built one :D

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:57 pm
by jrrdw
And they let you keep the one you built?

Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:00 pm
by beebs111
thats the story of my life :lol:
check if the valve is on the threads the right way thats my suggestion

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:53 am
by zerodivide
Take a picture. The QC on the watermaster hasn't been good lately. 5 out of 7 I bought had problems with the hardwhite portion holding the neoprene sealing face. Used a box cutter to clean it up so it made a good seal. 2 of those were too messy to salvage so they went straight back to the store. They wouldn't even hold back water.

Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:18 pm
by singularity
well i pretty much gave up, besides i once again failed at fixing something that wasnt broken. i had a nice working valve on the gun already, i dug it up from my back yard its about 7 years old, and its the only valve i have that hasnt given me any trouble(now that says something about quality). i did notice the hard white plastic part looked pretty beat up on the new valve.

Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:10 pm
by Infernal2
Sounds about right. I've totally given up on that valve type.