Got an ebay problem and my dad isn't helping me at all with it.

[sniper1rfa]

bring it to a shop and have it worked on, i would trust the guy you bought it from. Things happen. *shrug*

[tony3]

Thanks for all the opinions. Yes he is very stupid for shipping it pressurized. And the guage on it does work. I put it on my asa and used a friends preset tank and it went up to the 800-900 area. I haven't seen any documentation yet, I emailed him for some pics of it. Also, If it was just the fact of replacing the fill nipple I would, but this is an old style conquest and uses the bigger kind.

The shop near me is Bad Boyz Toyz, and I have had nothing but problems with them for fixing stuff. They returned my cocker to me with the same problem I sent it to them with. They also were the middle men for hydroing my friends flatline and they lost his tank and it showed up 3 months later. I think if I'm going to send it out I'm going to send it to Gramps and Grizzlys or whatever.

Thanks for all the opinions guys. Also, his ebay name is shanes1 I believe. I can't really say anything about him that I wouldn't work with again. He just doesn't describe things good and like he should. Always contact him for a more detailed describtion before buying.

[Prairie]

Alot of the old md tanks have problems with fill nipples. Mine did.

He sent it pressurized...thats acutally funny.

[tony3]

well after further inspection I realized it looks bigger, but actually take normal size threads so I can just put a normal fill nipple in it, right?

[punkncat]

If he sent the tank to you filled , that in itself could be causing your problems.
The reason they have you ship tanks empty is due to the fact that much freight is shipped in unpressurized areas of a plane.
The pressure inside the tank became much greater(at altitude) , which should have blown the burst disk.For some reason it didn't.
I suspect that you have damage to your reg , or possibly just the fill nipple.You could try taking off the fill nipple to see if the oring became displaced and won't allow the tank to fill.
As far as getting your $$ back , that will be nearly impossible unless you have proof that HE shipped it with pressure which DEFINATELY caused the damage.
Seeing how you already gave him good feedback , I would say that you probably would not convince anyone....
Good luck with it.

[CodeMA]

hmmm while were on the subject of fill nipple damage...

My tank recently bit the dust in this area, what could cause that one way valve/piston just inside the fill nipple to snap? and how much would it normally cost to fix such things?

The tank I have, has been filled many times since Ive had it, no problems, then yesterday, I got it filled once just fine... played a few games, went to go refill and it wouldnt seal off at all, had to bleed the whole n2 fill, and then got it off their bottle, and removed the fill nipple to find that piston thingy(one way valve?) to be snapped near the base seal thing...

this is on a steel PE screw in...how much do you think repair costs would be? parts included? or should I just go about buying a new tank all togeather LOL

sorry for hijacking the thread...

[Steelrat]

Hey, I didnt see if anyone asked this. Did the burst disk blow? That would prevent the tank from filling at all. And if it did, its a simple, cheap repair.

[tr0n]

Originally posted by CodeMA
hmmm while were on the subject of fill nipple damage...

My tank recently bit the dust in this area, what could cause that one way valve/piston just inside the fill nipple to snap? and how much would it normally cost to fix such things?

The tank I have, has been filled many times since Ive had it, no problems, then yesterday, I got it filled once just fine... played a few games, went to go refill and it wouldnt seal off at all, had to bleed the whole n2 fill, and then got it off their bottle, and removed the fill nipple to find that piston thingy(one way valve?) to be snapped near the base seal thing...

this is on a steel PE screw in...how much do you think repair costs would be? parts included? or should I just go about buying a new tank all togeather LOL

sorry for hijacking the thread...

This is a flaw with some PMI's I think. My friend's PMI 68/45 screw in preset tank had the same problem. He emailed PMI and they mailed him the new peice no questions asked.

[CodeMA]

hmmm this is a PE tank...
*goes to look up an addy to email*

thanks

[tony3]

Originally posted by Steelrat
Hey, I didnt see if anyone asked this. Did the burst disk blow? That would prevent the tank from filling at all. And if it did, its a simple, cheap repair.

Wow dude, I didn't even think of this let me go look...hmmm the burst disk is on the under sides of conquests right? There is a screw in it but it has no bottom and under it is a brass disk with some red loctite on it. So I guess the burst disk is blown....am I correct?

[CodeMA]

sounds like it, if he shipped it full, it most likely blew a disk, but didnt bleed fully some how but lost pressure slowly(ive had burst disks do this, and it was very slow,but got worse)

also, if he wont pay for something, threaten to report him to the USPS for sending a charged tank, fedral time there!

[punkncat]

Blowing a burst disk will not keep a tank from letting air in.It will just vent the air thru the disk as you attempt to fill it.
Also w/ a blown burst disk the tank will not hold air at all.

[GT]

Tony,
check the postion of the on/off switch.... then fill..

That 2k got there some how..

[Hexis]

Blowing a burst disk would empty the tank pretty rapidly. There would not be any residual pressure left in the tank.

Air pressure at Sea Level is less than 15psi. Taking it into the upper atmosphere would only change it's state by at most 15psi. That's not going to effect a 3000psi tank noticably. That does not mitigate the stupidity of shipping a tank with any pressure in it.

A MacDev Fill Nipple upgrade is $17.50 on their web page.

At what point have you wasted $17.50 worth of your own time?

[tony3]

Im confused completely now, esspically what gtrsi said. I was just thinking doesnt the burst disk empty all the air in the tank? Then why did i get it with 2k psi in it. Also, I was looking at pics of other conquest and they dont have a visiable burst disk on the bottom. I think im going to have to order a fill nipple...