Soo my gunsmith droped my rifle and im not about to let him ruin it more, need to change the gauge.
How do I remove / empty the air cylinder?
How do I remove / empty the air cylinder?
Change gauge on a streamline
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Oh no thats crummy!
I usually do it two ways.
Take the stock off and you can see the hole in the breech block where the valve pin is. Simply put a small punch or flat head screwdriver in there and apply pressure to the valve pin to open the valve up and dump the air out.
Once pressure gets lower I take the fill port dust cover off and put a punch wrapped in electrical tape into the fill port and open the end of the cylinder up.
Good luck!
I usually do it two ways.
Take the stock off and you can see the hole in the breech block where the valve pin is. Simply put a small punch or flat head screwdriver in there and apply pressure to the valve pin to open the valve up and dump the air out.
Once pressure gets lower I take the fill port dust cover off and put a punch wrapped in electrical tape into the fill port and open the end of the cylinder up.
Good luck!
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Funny enough, I checked my gauge today and wanted to remove it for inspection but the 7/16 wrench is too thick to fit between end of cylinder and the gauge.
I will have to modify a wrench to fit in there this weekend..
I will have to modify a wrench to fit in there this weekend..
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What you actually need to use is a 11 mm open-end wrench to remove the air gauge. It must be a very thin wrench otherwise you must take a belt sander or grinder and grind one down thin enough to fit. To let the air out of my streamline I simply use the 11 mm wrench to loosen the air gauge and let the air out of the tank which does no harm. I personally am not fond of the idea of using anything to pry the valve pin open for fear of damaging it. If you look closely you will see that there is a very small air bleeder hole in the neck that the air gauge screws into , so that when you loosen the Gage about a half turn air escapes out of that little tiny bleeder hole . There is a Delrin washer at the bottom of that neck that the air gauge goes into. That's the way I do it with my Streamline.
best regards, Chuck
best regards, Chuck
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Yea you where right chuck thats the easiest way to bleed the air tube, only I didnt have the delrin washer but most likely my gunsmith had replaced it with an oring. Bad idea since it gets sucked out of the bleed hole.
that said I now have a leak in my reg? the bleed hole under the reg is spewing out air. Next question then is.... shouldnt you just be able to turn the tube to unscrew it? counter clock wise?
If so a gorilla has tighten mine.
that said I now have a leak in my reg? the bleed hole under the reg is spewing out air. Next question then is.... shouldnt you just be able to turn the tube to unscrew it? counter clock wise?
If so a gorilla has tighten mine.
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Once all the air is removed the air tube screws off very easily...unless of course someone used loctite on the threads. If so, you will need to use a head gun or micro torch to allow the loctite to release so you can screw it off. But be aware of the fact that there is an o-ring on the end cap and you don't want to get it too hot...if you decide to apply some heat MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE YOUR AIR GAUGE FIRST! That will allow any pressure from heating up the air to escape! BE WARNED!
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yea front part came off no problem, can see the reg at the end of the air tube, but want the reg out so i can check the o rings. with the tube screwed into the block thats kinda hard. Its meant to be able to just unscrew counter clock wise from the block right?
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Yeah inform your gunsmith that those threads do not require Loctite. Get yourself a heat gun and a strap wrench to allow you to remove it. Then use some acetone to clear the Loctite off the threads if that's what he did in fact.
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They did make it very easy to bleed the air from this gun... Simply loosen the air gauge a half turn and let the air out. What could be easier?
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When it comes to the streanline or wildcat Chuck can hang upside down blindfolded and dissasimble and reassemble one in under 30 seconds
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yea it seems like a really nice and simple setup once you know how it works. been thinking about getting one more in 177 and droping it into a field target stock.
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