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cwindow1
10-09-2003, 11:36 AM
my valve washer fell out, and i cant get it back in and i dont know how to get the valve out to reassemble

is there some way to push back the spring so i can put the o-ring and the washer back in place?
willpill
10-09-2003, 03:05 PM
try out a5 owners group. they give great help about those probs there
cwindow1
10-09-2003, 03:38 PM
I figured it out, but its leaking like crazy. I took it to the shop in the mean time.

I think I am missing some parts to the valve but I am not certain. When I assemble the valve, I put the black washer in first, that pin, the spring, the washer, then the o-ring, then I fit the o-ring tight in there so it doesnt pop out. Is there something i'm missing?
E r y k
10-09-2003, 04:39 PM
the snap ring maybe???
cwindow1
10-09-2003, 04:43 PM
Originally posted by E r y k
the snap ring maybe???

whats the snap ring, exactly?
E r y k
10-09-2003, 04:45 PM
its the ring that closes the little brass piece w/ the oring on it in...

its hard to explain...
cwindow1
10-09-2003, 05:08 PM
Originally posted by E r y k
its the ring that closes the little brass piece w/ the oring on it in...

its hard to explain...

whats it look like? I don't recall that. That might have been the problem.

Like i said, first thing i put in was a black washer. looking at my manual, no snap ring I see of

things i put in order:
1. this black washer thing
2. valve plunger
3. spring
4. valve washer
5. valse o-ring

i do see a valve seat and a valve o-ring (small), but i didnt see those in my valve. i don't remember them coming out either, at the store or at my home.
E r y k
10-09-2003, 05:11 PM
nvm... i think im mistaken... the m98 valve has a snap ring to keep everything intact...

the a-5 valve should go... valve seat, valve oring, valve plunger, valve spring, valve washer, then valve oring...
cwindow1
10-09-2003, 05:14 PM
Originally posted by E r y k
nvm... i think im mistaken... the m98 valve has a snap ring to keep everything intact...

the a-5 valve should go... valve seat, valve oring, valve plunger, valve spring, valve washer, then valve oring...

weird, is the valve seat black? i have this black washer and i have no idea where it came from. i put it in there before the plunger just because i could, and it seems to even out stuff?

i kinda had to put my o-rigin in there forfully, and it sorta sticks out, but it definately fits in there from what i see
E r y k
10-09-2003, 05:17 PM
when you put it in... it shoulda been

the small oring... then the plunger, which is brass... i don think its black...
cwindow1
10-09-2003, 05:19 PM
Originally posted by E r y k
when you put it in... it shoulda been

the small oring... then the plunger, which is brass... i don think its black...

thats the thing, I didn't have a small o-ring. all i had was a plunger, spring, washer and o-ring

i guess im missing an oring or something. wonder where the heck that black washer came from, i havent seen anything use it until i got all my valve stuff out. i dont remember it coming uot of the valve but i mysteriously found it. it is a mystery!!!
cwindow1
10-10-2003, 08:54 PM
Apparently that black thing is the valve cap seal or something, i'm still not sure. The guys at the shop I took it too couldn't find the problem and want to take it to some other paintball place.

Anyone here know if I ask tippman for a new valve stuff with cap seal, will they ship the valve intact or will I have to put it together? This A-5 stuff is frustrating, I never had any problem with my 98c. All I did was my gun without the ASA adapter thing in too, easy mistake to make.