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i just a built a barrel sealing tee valve, after i was done i looked at and thought about how it worked. at that moment i realized im really stupid. on my valve when i empty the pilot chamber there is no opposing force to open the valve. basically it will empty all the air through the pilot chamber if my lodgic is correct. heres a diagram

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now thinking about it i should have pushed the pipe which leads to the barrel further back, right?

If your piston has o-rings, it shouldn't matter. Once the air starts to leave the pilot, the chamber air will want to move to equalize it, it can't go out the barrel, its only free direction is to the pilot, and since it can't go around it because of the o-rings, it will push the piston back. Because of kinetic vs static friction, once it gets moving, it should slide all the way back until fully open.

yea. i think if you pun the spring on the other side it should work. or did you glue the end cap on?

yes, either that or if you can take away material from the piston in the center part that is located in line with the tee. that would give it a place for the chamber air to act against it.

scatdawg your a genius, thank you

as for the putting the spring in front it wouldn't seal because the compressed spring is to big.

i am so glad i didn't glue the end cap on

I would get a threaded coupler and threaded end cap instead of a slip end cap so if you have problems in the future (likely) you can fix them without sawing it apart.

yea, that would be a really good idea. that is what i did on my piston valve