Dan Robinson

Sorry for the hijack, but quick question... Would one of those ics boxes fit the boy's L85? And would the g&g boxes other m4 brands?

Yep... I've done the Homer Simpson spinning on the floor dance many times because of the pain and not being able to stand up. LOL

I'm half expecting the fucker to suck the bbs back up the barrel now LOL.

If you're on the larger side, and work a lot kneeling down, your cartilage is possibly goosed. Years of rugby, motor bike crashes and working as a plumber has meant both my knees have had the cartilage trimmed down and tears removed. Sometimes my left knee pops out of its joint and you can hear it go back in..... from a few metres away apparently. Freaked the shit out of one of my new employees the other week when we were working together and he was in the next room ???. Told him that it should be a lesson to him to wear knee pads.

Yeah - ended up order this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144019574727 which i think @RostokMcSpoons also has. Not sure what the weird plate is with loads of holes and numbers, but I'm sure it'll be fine. I now have to look at the boys M16 which is not feeding.... Stand by for a separate thread on that one ?

I'd say it has snapped through fatigue. Looking at how gearboxes work recently and trying to get mine back together, that particular bit where it snapped is taking the brunt of the rotational forces as well as being hit by that timing plate as it comes round.

My dad has been on the 5:2 diet for years and he is in great shape for his age (78 this year). He's had one knee replaced as well which has helped. I'm thinking about it, but my biggest issue is booze. I could probably use a light loadout, but i keep adding to it instead LOL. 18 stone for me was a long time ago. Think I'm around 21 - 22 stone now.

Well..... Change it to MTP and you probably wouldn't be far off.

Found the answer - in case anyone is interested - they Brassards fit any size vest. Have ordered some small ones to see if they look a bit less Garry Glitter.

Thanks for all the information. I am thinking about a new nozzles as there doesn't appear to be an O-ring in there, nor a groove for it to live. I have a micrometre which was a god send for sorting out the packet of shims - although there were a couple that were neither one size nor the other wen compared to the packet listing. As far as I know the timing delay plate was OEM. The only other person to work on it was Cage Airsoft, and I think I only paid for a new inner barrel, bucking, nub and shimming. The new gear set were the Specna 16:1 from Patrol base, so hoping it is matched to the Specna piston. The spur gear was the only one that wasn't stripped of teeth so I have kept it. I haven't counted the teeth, but I think it was a 16:1 set in there, so should be OK to go with the other two gears? Currently trying to resist the urge to by a Chrono now - but with 13 guns between me and the boy, I think I have enough potential tech work in our collection to justify it LOL.

Whelp.... We'll see how it goes on the weekend LOL. Bloody airsoft... We complain about the tolerance on one hand, then rely on sloppiness with the other ?

When I say the seal was rubbish, I'm looking at it from my professional perspective of leaking natural gas and things going boom. To my mind there should be no way of pushing the cylinder all the way down. Which certainly wasn't the case. Although there was a definite resistance. I was wondering what the holes in the piston head were for though. Edit* Might have found the answer... https://youtu.be/RCUB6_JS76Y

Balls.... Guess I'll have to take it apart again ? Do we know why it needs to be loose? The air seal was shyte between Piston and cylinder head. Now pondering whether the gearbox will take 11.1v batteries too LOL.

Decided to get all the accessories for the osprey MK 4 body armour. The half collar, shoulder pads and brassards arrived and are fine, except the brassards I ordered were the large ones (because I'm a chunky boi). They do look a bit daft though, so I'm wondering if the small or medium sizes would fit the big boy vest? I can't work out if the large brassard designation is for the piece itself or the platform it's going to be attached to. As always, thanks in advance.

Well I thought, sod it, I need to learn. So took it apart, being careful with the shims (drew the gears on a piece of card, and marked the top and bottom, placing the shims accordingly. Gave a modest smear of silicone grease on all the contact points. Then decided to augment the piston oring.... Which was looser than a wizard's sleeve. So just to piss Mr Luke off, I carefully (because I'm a plumber and spin this stuff out of my rear orifice) wrapped ptfe in the groove of the piston Under the oring. Now hear me out.... Nothing pisses a decent plumber off more than seeing ptfe on the threads of a fitty. It's retarded. However, carefully wrapped around the pipe BEHIND the olive is a good way to fix a leak. This is what I did to the pew pew. How effective it is we will see at chrono next week. All reassembled and I'm very pleased with the sound and feel. So hopefully the hop uniit, bucking and the rest of what is essential to slinging small plastic balls at random strangers is on good order. Also rather pleased that I managed this all in the space of 90 minutes, with distractions. That sodding anti reversal latch was the worst. Especially when the trigger pinged out as well taking its spring with it. Definitely going to get some of those clips!

Was a present from a customer for SWMBO by way of an apology for me having to work late on the eve of her 50th. Trouble is she's T total ?

On the other hand.... Having a child gives you someone to clean your pews:

Just had a successful mag dump into a bucket. Don't have a chrono, but feels good. Question now is do I have the guts to strip it back down and add some greese. I guess it comes down to how likely my previous problems were down to missing teeth on the gears.

Pretty sure that is it. There are buses up and down that way.... My mum and uncle live in Barton and he used to get the bus to and from Luton all the time.

Well I think it doesn't sound too bad...

My brother was seeing a German girl, and I was already married to my Japanese wife. My dad, jokingly to be fair, blurted out or afternoon "for God's sake will I get a daughter in law but from the axis of evil". Thankfully both ladies were out of earshot. ?

It's 12 o'clock somewhere ?

Little update, Cage were running silent so I bought my own set of 16:1 gears and had a crack at rebuilding and shimming. Took a few goes and lots of YouTube but I think I finally cracked it (so to speak). I don't know what I did differently so can only assume the missing teeth on the old cogs were the reason for gearbox locking. Pew number one is now back together and cycling nicely with a decent punch of air coming out of the barrel. Can't really test it properly though at this time of night. Plus I should really put some grease on the insides. But it appears that I have graduated to Junior Tech First Class. Have some proper silicone grease coming tomorrow so hopefully will get it rebuilt following a successful garden test in good time for next game day on the 19th. Will upload a video for you guys to assess the sound as best as can be done to see how it is.... I still have trouble discerning what's acceptable and what is good when it comes to these cheaper gearboxes. I'm still envious of some guns who sound like the gears are running on silk, but I'm guessing they're 4 figure pews..

I've an Austrian customer this week, but has a broad cockney accent, so I didn't Cotton until his Missus told me. She had a chuckle when I said I'd avoid putting any brass bands or marching music on the radio. ?