Installed a depinger. Shit, that was difficult.
Let me say up front- I’m a mouth breathing neanderthal when it comes to pcp tuning/modding. When I began cracking into my new 25 Cricket WST, to say I was nervous is a lie, I was terrified.
Everything went relatively smooth until I went to slide the depinger in place. I had a short section of pipe to use to push the depinger down the airtube, a little past midways. Well, the depinger has to be a tight fit so its tough to shove in. I got it past the gauge cap threads and started to hammer it down with my palm and the pipe. Got it down into place and removed the pipe. I then visually checked down the air tube to make sure it was proper depth and looked good when I noticed all the shit that fell out of that old pipe into my airtube while I was hammering. Damnit. Shook out all I could, it wanted to stay in there because of all the grease. Well, theres still some in there and hopefully it wont fuck anything up over time.
after closing up the tube, I went to slide it back through the scope mounting brackets and while balancing it on my lap, the air tube slid and scratched itself a good 4″. Damnit.
got the gun back together finally, began trying to fill it but I screwed the gauge assembly in to far and couldn’t get the fill probe in. Damnit. Lol
backed the gauge out a little and she took air fine. I fired two test shots and it may or may not have made a difference. Im sure it did, im just too tired and frustrated to notice. All I can say is what a freakin’ headache I put myself through for such a minor annoyance like a ping sound. Next time im sending that bitch to Ernest to get done RIGHT.
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Why bother Haggard. Do what I did.
I sent it to Ernest!
Awny
I used a razor blade too and it came out really nice and a lot faster than using a grinder.
if using a razor blade/knife etc to get the perfect OD
No,
I had to buy new one, I’m the house wife.
must seem like hours (me 5 min) if using a razor blade/knife etc to get the perfect OD, if to big and you force it in the sharp lip will shave some plastic of the OD and jam the depinger—– then there’s no turning back, get the hammer and a 1″ PVC and slam it home!
Did your wife noticed that one of her hair curler was missing and that a piece of the kitchen liner was missing in the drawer? :biggrinn:
I have to agree, putting that depinger in is not easy. Ernest has mad skills getting that vinyl tubing OD to fit. Save your money and time and have it installed by Ernest.
Here’s a new impove designed,
I didn’t use anything fancy, but I can report it works good. I shot all yesterday and really noticed the guns quieter.
I made the exact Depinger Ernest R makes. Look at his Depinger thread, he has pics and part names. Cost >$4 and is pretty effective.
LOL What kind of depinger did you install and where did you get yours? I have a few from Aerotulz55 and I’m going to install one in the .25 this weekend with the main valve lock nut.
Trust me, I know.
it’s actually a really easy mod. When you add me to the equation.. thats when shit turns to chaos.
I think you may have made it a bit bit more difficult than needed, all you had to do was remove the fill assembly from the front of the main tube to install it. I would have used a wooden dowel to install it. I think a cleaning rod with cotton patches to remove the dirt you dropped in there might be a good idea, especially if you dropped any pieces of rust or metal. You really shouldn’t want any crap in the reg or main valve.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Zonk
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Too late to send to Ernest now, the deed is done and its working!
Damnit Ernest, you have to be kidding me. I went through all that hell and now you pop in to say “Hey look, new improved design.. screw you Haggard.” Thanks Ernie..
I used an antique Craftsman stone, dual wheel grinder. The coarse wheel shaved the vinyl tube in literally seconds.. then I took 5 minutes to very gently apply it to the finer side wheel.
The grinding was very quick and easy for me, the difficult part was quadruple checking its fit to my air tube to make sure I didnt take off too much.