AGD Flatline still flawless after sitting for 6 years

[Stitch]

[SkinnyHare]

I agree. I've take a little flak sometimes for my "old" equipment simply because it's "old" or it's "heavy" or from a great maker that most kids today have only heard of in stories from "old" people.

I bought a 68/3k Flatline a couple of years ago that was BNIB... literally. It had been sitting on a store shelf of an AO member for years and didn't sell. I assume it had been there for a good 8-10 years. I don't know if they were closing the store or just finally decided it was time to recover some shelf space and sell it off at a price that was 1/3 of what was marked on the box, but in either case I got it for a steal of a price.

When it arrived, I aired it up as it was, juiced the output to 1100psi and it has operated flawlessly the entire time. My X-Valved MM has never been happier.

Every single used Flatline I've ever bought from anyone on here has been almost as good. A couple won't hit as high of an output at first, but a little love and a few O-rings always seem to fix things.






To anyone that thinks an Automag is heavy... stop being a wimp and go lift some weights or something.

[AGD]

Thanks guys!!

Tom Kaye

[skipdogg]

With a little grease added the washer pack and a little oil ran through the fill nipple

Just to be clear...you didnt put oil into the tanks air input fill nipple right??? Otherwise you go BOOM!

[going_home]

Just to be clear...you didnt put oil into the tanks air input fill nipple right??? Otherwise you go BOOM!

I was thinking the same thing when I read the first
Post.

DANGER WILL ROBINSON !

[georgeyew]

Stitch was a certified AGD tech. I am sure he knows what not to do with an air tank.

[Stitch]

I put 1 drop in it to lube up the o-ring and 1 drop on the nipple of the reg piston assembly. 1 small drop wont make it go boom if it did they would have went boom along time ago. Once a year at the end of the playing season I put 1 just 1 small drop in the fill nipple and let it set till next playing season to keep the orings from drying out and have never had any problems in the last 10 years. I have always dropped a couple drops in the vlaves of my mags everytime after we played and they got cleaned up and put away till next time we used them. Oil is explosive yes if you use to much but a small drop will not hurt but mind me a small and I mean small drop like the size of a pin head.

I've learned that a little attention each time you use them and they will always be ready and not fail you. In the 4 years of tournament playing we never had a gun do down during a game but once, and that was due to a board getting wet and fried, but we flipped it to manual and still finished out the game.

Do what you think is right but after sitting for the better part of 6 years and being able to pick them up, air them up, and crono them with out a hitch, so we must be doing something right. There were guys at the field that couldnt get thier DM's, Rails, Ions, and tipmans to work from the last time they played so I was truely amazed we had 0 problems and ruled the speedball field only dropping 2-3 out of 20 games.

Thanks AGD
Stitch

[SockMonkey]

I had a similar story and its the reason im a automag fan boy now.

I stopped playing about 5-6 years ago for various reasons and sold ALL my equipment. When I found out a field had opened locally I was really interested in playing again. My only option was rental, or to grab the old 'automag' my uncle had at work. It had been a MINIMUM of 9 years since it had been air up period. I brought it to the local field and with just a couple well placed drops of oil from a local mag expert and it ripped all day long.

I just couldn't believe it sat for over 9 years... just incredible!!