Cricket leaks from the bottle pressure gage
Opened the front end of air tube and checked the O ring under the little screw under the filling port. It was flat and deformed. Replaced it , also replaced the large O rind of the air tube but still leaks.
Any idea please.
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I have owned 3 crickets and every single one leaked in the regulator. My reg tester has been very useful
The only problem I’ve had with my Cricket was just the the same leak caused by the plastic seal behind the air gauge. Also, I had a slight pellet-clipping issue from the factory shroud. A slight reaming of the baffles solved that issue thanks to Ernest Rowe. That’s it. I also had my Cricket since 2013. It is a first-generation model. I am lucky to have bought my gun in 2013 because at that time the guns had a nicer wood stock than the current-generation model.
I had just two problems with cricket from March 2013
1/ original plastic valve stem broken
2/ leakage from the pressure gauge
Good luck Khamis to resolve your problem 😉
Thanks Jan. Cricket is a gun to keep despite a few shortcomings. Hence an O-ring set and all necessary tools should be on hand. Hope 2017 be a happy year and out of headaches to all fellow airgunners.
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Despite having to change only one hard-to-reach O-ring (behind the air gauge), the Cricket is one of the most dependable PCPs I have ever owned. It is definitely a keeper. I do not plan on selling or giving mine away. If I were to buy other bullpups, the Cricket will serve as a “one of” of what I own and not “owned.” At any rate, once you’ve changed out the gauge O-ring and replace it with a tougher one made of 90-durometer polyurethane or Viton rubber, you won’t have to replace it ever again for a very, very long time, perhaps a decade or even longer. The other O-rings are very easy to get to, given the Cricket is so simple to strip and work on. Once you’ve disassembled your gun the first time, it becomes easier on the next one.
The build quality of the Cricket is as high as that of other fine PCPs out on the market. I am able to say this since I always get a hand-held look and feel for guns I do not own whenever I drive down to my local airgun dealer (Airguns of Arizona) to buy pellets. It has a regulator that is very easy to service and tune and, despite inexperienced shooters saying that regulators will go bust in the future and that they are unreliable, will last longer than you can stay on this planet, granted you do not gorilla-wrench on it and use acid as a lube when you decide to tune your Cricket. This goes for the rest of the components on the gun.
Shoot safe and may the New Year be filled with positive airgunning experiences.
Thanks for chiming in spinj and for the O-ring type advise. I strongly agree with you on the high quality build of the cricket which was my first PCP since early 2013.
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Good luck Khamis to resolve your problem 😉
Thanks Jan. Cricket is a gun to keep despite a few shortcomings. Hence an O-ring set and all necessary tools should be on hand. Hope 2017 be a happy year and out of headaches to all fellow airgunners.
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Despite having to change only one hard-to-reach O-ring (behind the air gauge), the Cricket is one of the most dependable PCPs I have ever owned. It is definitely a keeper. I do not plan on selling or giving mine away. If I were to buy other bullpups, the Cricket will serve as a “one of” of what I own and not “owned.” At any rate, once you’ve changed out the gauge O-ring and replace it with a tougher one made of 90-durometer polyurethane or Viton rubber, you won’t have to replace it ever again for a very, very long time, perhaps a decade or even longer. The other O-rings are very easy to get to, given the Cricket is so simple to strip and work on. Once you’ve disassembled your gun the first time, it becomes easier on the next one.
The build quality of the Cricket is as high as that of other fine PCPs out on the market. I am able to say this since I always get a hand-held look and feel for guns I do not own whenever I drive down to my local airgun dealer (Airguns of Arizona) to buy pellets. It has a regulator that is very easy to service and tune and, despite inexperienced shooters saying that regulators will go bust in the future and that they are unreliable, will last longer than you can stay on this planet, granted you do not gorilla-wrench on it and use acid as a lube when you decide to tune your Cricket. This goes for the rest of the components on the gun.
Shoot safe and may the New Year be filled with positive airgunning experiences.
Thanks. Same to you
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I wish you Khamis no cricket headaches in year 2017 :winkn: When my leaked I lost 10bar for a day… That o-ring was in the same condition as Spinj described – hard rubber 😐
Good luck Khamis to resolve your problem 😉
Thanks Jan. Cricket is a gun to keep despite a few shortcomings. Hence an O-ring set and all necessary tools should be on hand. Hope 2017 be a happy year and out of headaches to all fellow airgunners.
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I have already change this o ring last year on spring. Till now I have 100% no leak cricket 😛
Good luck Khamis to resolve your problem 😉
He get busy like we all do in the Holidays Season !!! …….. .. . . :8: Happy New 2017 Year Everyone ! :8:
~ Greg
Absolutely I agree with you. Wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year full of happiness, joy and good health.
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John is the MAN !
He get busy like we all do in the Holidays Season !!! …….. .. . . :8: Happy New 2017 Year Everyone ! :8:
~ Greg
Just an update, John wrote back to me. An order will be ready by next week.
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http://www.talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=30282&p=305443
~ Greg
First of all let me sincerely thank you very much for your concern and follow up. TAG members have always been the rescue team over the years. I wrote to Ernest he advised me to contact John at Hagantool@aol. Com I emailed john but he did not reply yet.
I checked eBay, a U.K. Based man sells them within U.K. Only and does not ship them international. Eventually I will end up taking the hard way to make one and start buying the required tools or let a lathe shop do it for me.
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Did you try John/Aerotulz55, I believe he makes them for Ernest ?
http://www.talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=30282&p=305443
~ Greg
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Just to clarify my statement a couple of posts above regarding inexperienced shooters saying that regulators will eventually fail or go bust, I meant specifically in regards to developing leaks. But this is the case with PCPs that utilize O-rings, regulated or not, to help seal air. Eventually, they will need to be replaced. However, using quality and tougher seals dramatically extends their service life.
All it takes is a little know-how to service regulators (O-ring replacement and lubrication) and all should be well with them.