Pin Valve Replacement
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Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Gun Maintenace and Repair
Forum Description: Important info for keeping your marker in top shape
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Topic: Pin Valve Replacement
Posted By: oelfkp
Subject: Pin Valve Replacement
Date Posted: 16 February 2008 at 10:45pm
| Hi There I play alot of woodsball and some speedball here at my home and have about 10 extra guns to rent out to friends or people that just want to try it out(I think i am addicted to paintball, I gas up my guns in the middle of winter -10 the other day here just to cure my itch of shooting paint). I buy a lot of bulk tanks, masks, paint, etc. and was working on fixing some of my leaking tanks some have just broken bursts disk easy fix some have leaking valves. Just wondering if any1 knows where i can get bulk replacement pin valves(the solid brass screw in pieces). I have installed a few but sick of paying an extra 10 bucks for a tank that cost me 5, it is cheaper to replace the whole thing at the current pace I am at. Thanks for any help and if any of you Live in Minnesota let me know could always use some extra players. |
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 18 February 2008 at 11:28pm
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Just responding with a word of caution, be very very careful installing tank valves or working on a tank in general. I would leave it up to professionals to do tank work (And Im an airsmith). Consider this, it only takes 1/2 PSI to blow the walls out of a wood-frame house. That might put the energy contained in a co2 tank into comparison. Out of curiosity, why do you need to replace tank valves that much? Its a pretty solid mechanical system with not many wearable parts. If the tanks are old old old, you might want to be on the safe side and get them hydrotested before installing a new valve and putting them into service. ------------- 
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