I inheriated an ASG M15A4, aka a Classic Army [if I'm not mistaken] M4 replica at the start of the year as payment for fixing an otherwise dead CYMA CAR-15, getting it back to funcuatal with a fresh ZEUS mosfet and an incredibly shitty solder job - besides the point:
I've got an old ass ASG M15A4 with a host of problems, and I hope to fix some of them in this thread and ask for some input as google is useless as always and information on these admittedly pretty old by now pews is annoying to come by.
First off - the spring guide has suffered and one of the prongs has snapped off:
I tried a SHS V2 replacement from ak2m4 and as you can see
It doesn't fit whatsoever, probably because it's for a non QD gearbox and I have terrible reading skills - any reccomendations for one that might be the correct shape?
Secondly - I lost my safety and I'm assuming it's damage to the cut-off lever because I can feel a sharp point on it where something's sheared off but standard V2 cut-off levers don't fit this particular gearbox/trigger assembly type - anybody know for starters what I have here and secondly where I can source a replacement?
A third thing is that the battery and wires get particularly hot on firing and I'm assuming it's because of the terrible amalgamation of connectors I'm using - any pointers on what would be a suitable replacement outside of just cutting the tamiya-connector and replacing it with a straight deans one? You can see the little space QD connectors that are required to get the wires through the front look particularly nasty. I've changed out the 20A glass fuse and it still does it to rule that off.
It's got a set of 13:1s, XT bearings, XT fan motor, XT compression set and a M120 to try and get it up to power, alongside a XT 380mm 6.00 barrel, ZCI plastic rotary and either a ML super macaron or a 4QUAD rubber.
Any pointers would be awesome - it seems to 'work' but I'd like to fix issues prematurely rather than let the gun explode itself like last time: