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A5 tombstone question

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Topic: A5 tombstone question

Posted By: NoJive
Subject: A5 tombstone question
Date Posted: 20 August 2015 at 9:41am

After using nothing but Spyders, I finally bought my first Tippmann, a used A5. This has the Pro Team Intruder expansion chamber/foregrip. When I first attempted to screw the CO2 tank on, I had a pretty good leak around the tombstone area. I did some research, bought a repair kit, and replaced all the o rings in the valve/power tube, including the one at the tombstone. That was late last night, and I have not tested it again to see if I did fix it.

But here is my question:

It seems like that tombstone o ring fits flush in the valve, so I do not see how it can seal against the tombstone. I also have a little bit of play there, aka the tombstone does not seat very tight (from what I have read this is normal). How in the heck does that area seal?

Sorry if that is a stupid question, but I am a recovering Spyder owner...

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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 20 August 2015 at 9:49am

Have you checked the o-ring between the gas line and tombstone itself?? That may be your problem with the leaking.

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Posted By: NoJive
Date Posted: 20 August 2015 at 10:14am

I did check that, and it looked a bit "flat" I guess you could say, so I changed it out.

Like I said, I haven't tested it yet. It was very late, and I'm at work now. Just couldn't see how the toumbstone would seal.

Posted By: NoJive
Date Posted: 21 August 2015 at 12:49am

Update! Aired up the gun, and it works great. It seems once it is under pressure, I have zero slack in the tombstone. The RT trigger is fantastic BTW!

Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 21 August 2015 at 8:52am

GTG! Enjoy the marker. Think about upgrades, a better barrel, double stack squishy paddles and HPA. Also, polish the internals, YouTube has lots of "how to's" about that.

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