magman187
09-19-2002, 08:08 PM
I installed my new retro valve today and upon gassing up the marker it began to leak down the barrel, so I looked to the tiny single sheet of paper that they call instructions
and under the "leaking down the barrel" section it says to move to a thinner spacer which would have been the .215 spacer so when that didn't work I proceeded to try every spacer that came in the kit when that didn't work I called AGD and talked to a tech, he ran me through a couple of tests that did not solve the problem. he asked me what type of air system I was using I said it was a 68 ci 4500 crossfire and he told me that I may need to put a slide check inline because the tank wasn't gassing up the trigger sear fast enough to catch the bolt. so we exchange some information and Iwas going to send in the marker for repair. when I layed both valves next to each other, my stock valve which I have never had problems with and the retro valve I noticed one difference other than some machining.... here's my question
between the bolt and valves on both valves their are urethane bumpers the one on retro valve was smaller in diameter than the one on the older valve and it also seemed to be thicker so I switched the old bumper "blue in color" to the new valve and reassembled the marker and gassed it up it seemed to fix the problem but is this a correct repair. has anyone else done this please let me know...
also maybe I got caught up in all the retro hype but after pulling the trigger a few times i noticed very little diference between my old valve and the retro one can someone please tell me what the benefit of a retro valve is because I couldnt tell the difference or maybe thier is something wrong with my gun.
and under the "leaking down the barrel" section it says to move to a thinner spacer which would have been the .215 spacer so when that didn't work I proceeded to try every spacer that came in the kit when that didn't work I called AGD and talked to a tech, he ran me through a couple of tests that did not solve the problem. he asked me what type of air system I was using I said it was a 68 ci 4500 crossfire and he told me that I may need to put a slide check inline because the tank wasn't gassing up the trigger sear fast enough to catch the bolt. so we exchange some information and Iwas going to send in the marker for repair. when I layed both valves next to each other, my stock valve which I have never had problems with and the retro valve I noticed one difference other than some machining.... here's my question
between the bolt and valves on both valves their are urethane bumpers the one on retro valve was smaller in diameter than the one on the older valve and it also seemed to be thicker so I switched the old bumper "blue in color" to the new valve and reassembled the marker and gassed it up it seemed to fix the problem but is this a correct repair. has anyone else done this please let me know...
also maybe I got caught up in all the retro hype but after pulling the trigger a few times i noticed very little diference between my old valve and the retro one can someone please tell me what the benefit of a retro valve is because I couldnt tell the difference or maybe thier is something wrong with my gun.