A-5 blowout
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Topic: A-5 blowout
Posted By: dusty1965
Subject: A-5 blowout
Date Posted: 04 November 2011 at 11:30am
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I recently purchased a used a-5 at a yard sale and will tell you up front i am a novice. When i put gas to the marker it had a leak so i pulled out the valve and found the large o-ring where the tombstone adaptor makes up blown out....to be safe i replaced the whole valve and o-ring...re-oiled everything and re-assembled. When I put the tank on it there was no leak but 1st time i pulled the trigger it fired once and then there was a massive blowout of gas! It was all i could do to get the tank unscrewed before the whole marker froze up. this time i completely disassembled the gun and found the same thing...the o-ring blown out again. I also found that the gun was missing the ball latch, the tombstone latch spring, and the barrel o-ring. would any of these missing pieces contribute to this catastrpohic failure or am i still looking for some other problem? Did i fix the air leak only to cause something else to go wrong by missing something? I have learned my lesson about buying yard sale markers (since then i have bought brand new 98 platinums) but since it was my 1st marker it kinda is special to me....any help would be appreciated.
Dusty Down in Bama
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Replies:
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 04 November 2011 at 12:45pm
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Tombstone latch spring could contribute to problem as well as being unsafe. Is the metal washer in place between the valve spring and o-ring? ------------- 
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Posted By: dusty1965
Date Posted: 06 November 2011 at 11:18am
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yes i installed a complete new valve and have ordered the missing parts... Dusty |