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Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:23 am

i recently made a paintball mine and i need to yous the solenoid but it is just letting the air bleed out so how could i improve this setup,the valve is just a inline lawnjeainny

(remere i cant go pneumatic with the valve)
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:25 am

Well from what i can understand (im not making fun of you) i think you need to unscrew the solenoid and plug it with epoxy.

If your valve isnt already modded, then do so.
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:40 am

i cant i have to go electronic on this one
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:27 am

Where does it leak?

First make sure it's not backwards, second if you're using a hand pump, try pumping faster, you said it's for a paintball mine, so shouldn't be too hard to seal the valve with a bike pump.
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:12 pm

no sorry i didnt make it clear when i fire it it bleeds out insted of a burst in other words when i pull the trigger it gos sssssssss insted of boom!
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:40 pm

So it seals until you trigger it? Unscrew the solenoid and make sure nothing is blocking it
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:44 pm

its fine but you hit the nail on the head
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Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:45 am

spudling wrote:i cant i have to go electronic on this one
is there a specific reason as to why it must be electronic?
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Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:00 am

If it has a air bleeder valve, make sure it's turned off.
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Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:13 pm

is there a specific reason as to why it must be electronic?
since it is a mine he probably has it set up to be remotely triggered. That would be why he hasn't modded it.
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