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  • buzzboy
    Emo grass cuts inself
    • Mar 2005
    • 1322

    #1

    Realignment of fatty

    Ok. I just got in my new fatty. I went to install it and the guage gos the wrong direction. The package says that there is only one input hole so you can't change around the fittings(makes no sense, why couldn't you change which port has the guage on it. Now I look at it and on the fitting is engraved that there are 2 input holes and only one output hole. Which is it. And I guess that means that all I could do is get rid of the guage and put a grub in the hole to plug it up. Is that correct. In that case I would just take the palmer guage off the reg and use it as my main gun guage. Please help.
  • MisterBones25
    ROCK ON!!!
    • Oct 2004
    • 321

    #2
    im not realy sure what you mean by the guage goes the wrong way. if you mean the needle moves the wrong direction when you get your tank filled, then get a new guage. dont just plug the hole up because you need the guage to see how much your tank is filled.

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    • Muzikman
      Everything AGD
      • Dec 2000
      • 6229

      #3
      Buzz,

      Yeah, you can take the gauge off and just plug the hole. I think you answered your own question as to why you can not use the other holes for the gauge.

      To be honest, I still can't figure out why Palmers sells the fatty with a gauge. Gauges on regs are not needed.

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      • TheTramp
        Registered User
        • Jan 2001
        • 4019

        #4
        They are needed on a lot of the guns people use palmer's regs on. It's a pain to put a gauge on an A5 for example. It's even helpful on Timmys with only a LP gauge as well.
        "Relax. Don't worry. Have a Home Brew."
        -Charlie Papazian

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        • Muzikman
          Everything AGD
          • Dec 2000
          • 6229

          #5
          But why do you need the gauge? What purpose does it serve? If you are using a gauge to adjust your reg, you are not adjusting it properly.

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          • MisterBones25
            ROCK ON!!!
            • Oct 2004
            • 321

            #6
            oops, i was thinking you were talking about a tank for some odd reason. listen to muzicman, he's got you covered. a guage is not nessesary, but nice to have in some cases.

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            • TheTramp
              Registered User
              • Jan 2001
              • 4019

              #7
              Originally posted by Muzikman
              But why do you need the gauge? What purpose does it serve? If you are using a gauge to adjust your reg, you are not adjusting it properly.
              The average person has no idea what you're talking about and isn't going to learn. Yes they use the gauge so they can start at a resonable pressure and fine tune from there. Or perhaps just to know the aproximate pressure they're opperating at.
              "Relax. Don't worry. Have a Home Brew."
              -Charlie Papazian

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              • buzzboy
                Emo grass cuts inself
                • Mar 2005
                • 1322

                #8
                Well I think I got it. The booklet says that I can unscrew the reg a little bit and have it still maintain a proper seal. The original problem was that I couldn't get the reg to screw all the way in because the guage hit the trigger frame. I just unscrewed the guage and screwed it back in after I got the reg installed. In the words of a retard Ba dir ta dir.

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                • Marchborne
                  Res Ipsa Loquitur...
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 251

                  #9
                  Originally posted by buzzboy
                  Well I think I got it. The booklet says that I can unscrew the reg a little bit and have it still maintain a proper seal. The original problem was that I couldn't get the reg to screw all the way in because the guage hit the trigger frame. I just unscrewed the guage and screwed it back in after I got the reg installed. In the words of a retard Ba dir ta dir.
                  There's an easy fix to that -- I used it myself. AKA sells the locking ASA adaptors they use on the 2liter+ regs, as separate parts. Find the length you like best, and you can realign/rotate the fatty to whatever position you want for the guage and air-line fitting, then lock it down with the AKA adaptor. Works like a charm on my featherlight viking.
                  Sleep? Isn't that a completely inadequate substitute for caffeine?

                  --Programmers' saying (stolen from Rick Cook)

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                  • ThePixelGuru
                    Guru of Pixels
                    • May 2005
                    • 1461

                    #10
                    Gauges are damned helpful for fast troubleshooting and because there are some people out there who just like to know what pressure their marker's operating at.

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                    • Muzikman
                      Everything AGD
                      • Dec 2000
                      • 6229

                      #11
                      But a gauge is so inacurate that what it tells you, you are running at is surely not the real pressure. Besides, who cares what it's running at. People put way too much faith in gauges.

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