06 intimidator loss of pressure

[Ranger]

Hi guys n gals...

my mates has an 06 empire timmy and yesterday during the incredibly wet weather he ran into some problems....after about 6 games he got a massive barrel break with about 8 balls jammed in the barrel all broken.
he stripped and cleaned out the barrel, breach, eyes and bolt then reassembled the marker...since then he has had a problem with the pressure transferring from the marker to behind the shots...
the pressure is there through the reg and cocking the bolt when firing but when he shoots, the balls just roll out of the barrel.
we tried rechecking the bolt making sure it was the right way up and all the obvious things like that but to no avail...
has anyone got any ideas on what could be causing this? as i say it only started after the massive barrel break.

sorry if this seems noobish but he is very new to the intimidator marker.

 

[sumo89]

have you checked that your detents are intact?

 

[Polly]

take it apart, clean and relube everything, replace battery with a new duracell

i find that solves most problems

 

[Tom Allen]

check the dwell

 

[Ranger]

ok..he stripped the bolt out, cleaned the marker and relubed the o-rings (delrin bolt so only the o-rings), changed the battery and restored all the settings to factory....
still the same ....pressure gauge is showing that there is normal pressure in the reg, bolt is cocking but when the trigger is pulled there is not enough pressure being transferred to even push the ball down the barrel.....classically the marker is quiet noisy and in truth it sounds like a muffled autococker!

next step strip out the air hoses and noid and make sure there is no grit in it......anyone else got any other suggestions? as he is new to the timmy and the manual isn't the most descriptive...

 

[SiBirm]

are you getting pressure behind the bolt?? when all is turned on does the marker pressurise? if so when you pull the bolt back with your hand is there pressure behind it? if not the bolt isn't in properly. I've got two timmies and think your problem sounds familiar. I may be wrong though.

 

[Ranger]

when the marker is turned on and gassed up the bolt cocks backfully so i assume thats what you mean...however i will e-mail my mate and tell him to check...
i think he is going to send it off to kee action as he is new to the gat and unsure of stripping out the reg/lpr.

 

[John C]

Due to the oddly designed balanced valve in the 06 timmy, you can sometimes get a pocket of air stuck behind the valve.

To vent this air, push the bolt forward really hard before you air up the gun.



Also, make sure the tiny hole in the valve body isnt blocked.


Hope that help:
John

 

[Ranger]

thanks for the tips john c, i will pass them on.

 

[arg1271]

A mate of mine had a similar sort issue with his DC1, not sure of it's going to be relevant for your nmate but might be worth a look, makrer gassed up fine all looked ok, he'd fire a couple of shots then the balls would be practically rolling out the barrel, marker was stripped cleaned ad no change to the fault. in the end he found there was paint residue and shell fragments in the vertical reg.

I had a velocity problem with my DM3 which was solved once I'd cleaned out the lpr as well