A5 Shoots - Cyclone not feeding
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Topic: A5 Shoots - Cyclone not feeding
Posted By: Hanz
Subject: A5 Shoots - Cyclone not feeding
Date Posted: 20 August 2006 at 3:33pm
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Noticed it after the last game. I'd shoot it and no balls would come out, i'd have to press the reset level in order to feed balls in. any suggestions? |
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Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 20 August 2006 at 4:45pm
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you are probably low on air. that happened to me before and I was worried too. |
Posted By: Hanz
Date Posted: 20 August 2006 at 8:40pm
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i have about 1.5 left.... |
Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 20 August 2006 at 11:35pm
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1.5 of what left? |
Posted By: uruz6
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 12:02am
Most likely his air... |
phil_stl wrote:Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 12:30am
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Man! Don't you guys understand I can't read minds. 1.5 of what left? of air? 1.5 oz left or air I'm guessing (because smarty pants above said air)? But how would he know or measure how much air he has left in his tank to say he has 1.5 (blank) left of air? Please respond and make sense. Or I will go on strike and I won't give answers that make sense either. - Ya that's right you heard me : Rice Krispies! |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 12:39am
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1.5 psi
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Posted By: Hanz
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 1:31am
| 1500 PSI |
Posted By: pattison
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 9:39am
low pressure kit? ------------- Eat The Brisket |
Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 9:44am
| There is a FAQ on this topic in the sticky. It might be helpful. |
Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 2:35pm
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chances are your ratchet is broken. does it have a letter A on the bottom of the feeder? if not, then call tippmann, and they should send you one for free. ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 21 August 2006 at 7:42pm
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AHH no his ratchet isnt broken it still feeds when he uses the manual feed. im guessing it would be low on air even if 1500psi should be enoguh but you never know.
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Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 1:34am
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you do know that even if the ratchet is broken, the manual feed may work.................
right? ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Posted By: Cypher5601
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 2:39am
| this same issue happened to me. Make sure the air line that feeds the cyclone is straight! if its bent not enough air will get to cyclone to turn it. |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 7:21pm
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What???????????????????????????? If the Ratchet is broken it wont feed, why? cause my ratchet is broken and it doesnt feed manually, i had a little bit of a fiasco with a e grip and now i screwed myself stock parts break easily
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Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 11:31pm
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if the cyclone doesn't have an "A" on the bottom face of the cyclone, then it was made in the first production run of cyclones. these ones were prone to prematurely breaking and not feeding...i know quite a few people on here had this issue, but yet, when they pressed the manual piston, it stil fed. call tippmann, and they should send you replacement parts. ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 11:55pm
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Those are like the first 1,000 A-5s Tippmann has now made at least 400,000 Im betting its air for some reason.
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Posted By: fut004
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 8:46pm
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I'd assume he was low on air as well.. I was just taking some shots to test my gun out, and I noticed the Cyclone wasn't spinning. After about 10 more shots my tank ran out completely. |
Posted By: MilSimBaller
Date Posted: 25 August 2006 at 3:14pm
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If its not your air its your ratchet. Also, just in case, make sure is lubed up good in the proper places |
Posted By: Hanz
Date Posted: 27 August 2006 at 9:55pm
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Sorry I haven't checked back... It was the ratchet, the tooth was a chipped a bit. Got it replaced and it's good as new! |
Posted By: RevoXT
Date Posted: 28 August 2006 at 3:23am
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How long have you had your Cyclone for? The newer "updated" models aren't supposed to chip..
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Posted By: Hanz
Date Posted: 29 August 2006 at 1:16am
| i'd say no more than 5 months. probably went through 4000-5000 Rounds |
Posted By: netramakin
Date Posted: 30 August 2006 at 11:35pm
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For those looking to this post for answers to the same problem, I also had the same issue and, like Cypher, it was a bent airline to the Cyclone. ------------- 
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