eclipse cocker issue, help required
- Thread starter Salva
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I think there's a moral in there somewhere?Well Salva, i suggest that you stop reading this NOW
I picked up the gun from the post office and had an initial look at it, pulling the back block and cocking rod backwards revealed something wrong straight away as i was only getting maybe 1cm of movement. I dropped the bolt and back block out and stripped the rex dialer, to find it in several pieces inside the gun. The valve still felt smooth so i just re-assembled the rex dialer and put it back in. The result was a smooth cocking action.
I cocked the gun and gassed it up, pulling the trigger fired a single shot but then the gun didn't re-cock? It attempted too but the cocking ram just seemed to jam as tho it was pressurising both sides of the ram simultaneously.
I thought maybe the solenoid gasket had blown or maybe the cocking ram piston seals perished but both were ok.
As Salva had stated that Belsales thought it was electrical i decided to switch the boards with a spare E1 that i had in kitbag, just to eliminate an electrical fault and to my suprise the gun fired and re-cocked?
I rattled off a few shots just to make sure and it ran smoothly, so i figured i'd switch back to the Zero-b to see if i could figure what had blown on the board?
This is the bit that stumped me as i'd not ungassed the gun as i switched boards back and when i got the Zero-b back in, the gun fired and recocked?
I retraced what i'd done and figured out the problem, the cocking solenoid plug and the sear plug were put in the wrong holes on the board.
I took it to work today and unloaded 3 hoppers thru it at 15bps and it ran faultlessly.
My nickname is Lucky because "i'm not" but on this occasion i appear to have come good, buying a cheap broken gun which turned out to need nothing more than a quick seeing too. 1 and a half hours...job done
nice one Lucky
I've felt like giving up on my cocker a few times. Stuck with it though and now i know the signs of a broken cocker and how to fix em more or less , im sure cliff's had his fair share of broken cockers too.
, im sure cliff's had his fair share of broken cockers too.
Yep..But all the fun to fix them...Had one tried in training a week before a tourney & was great...Went onto a field, first game, it started coughing like a horse....New one on me...I've felt like giving up on my cocker a few times. Stuck with it though and now i know the signs of a broken cocker and how to fix em more or less
...Just changed back to my DC2..no problem..Cliff...
Most recent problem was not enough Fps.. changed the main spring and ta daaaa, but i konw something else will pop at nvs... They are a tinker's gun, theres always something to tweek/fix..
(back up ftw)
Hawkins
They are a tinker's gun, theres always something to tweek/fix..(back up ftw)
Hawkins
Read the manual possibly?
If it ain't broke don't fix it
If you don't know, pay someone else
Go buy an Ego instead
Ps Salva.
Just to clarify things i didn't reply to cloat or take the pea, i just thought you'd like to know
I once had a renault that was allergic to suits No really!
It would drive reliably, day in, day out, until you put a suit on, and then perfectly timed it'd break down.
I changed everything on that car and still it broke down. I even had 3 RAC vans trying to fix it when it broke down 12 times in 7 miles on my way to a friends wedding......the RAC guys wouldn't tow me out of principle as they didn't want to be beaten. After the wedding when it didn't matter....it drove straight home without a hitch
Possessed i tell ya
But the point of this story is that as much as that car taunted me, i still to this day would like to know what the problem was
Just to clarify things i didn't reply to cloat or take the pea, i just thought you'd like to know
I once had a renault that was allergic to suits
No really!It would drive reliably, day in, day out, until you put a suit on, and then perfectly timed it'd break down.
I changed everything on that car and still it broke down. I even had 3 RAC vans trying to fix it when it broke down 12 times in 7 miles on my way to a friends wedding......the RAC guys wouldn't tow me out of principle as they didn't want to be beaten. After the wedding when it didn't matter....it drove straight home without a hitch
Possessed i tell ya
But the point of this story is that as much as that car taunted me, i still to this day would like to know what the problem was
turn the key ?
jokes
but yeah.. i find the easiest way to fix a cocker is just to strip it, clean+Lube then see where you stand
jokes but yeah.. i find the easiest way to fix a cocker is just to strip it, clean+Lube then see where you stand