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Right then ive been mulling this over for a number of months and the question is as the title do i rebuild my v2 gearbox or buy a complete unit. Ive rebuilt a few gearboxes with a mixture of success. The complete unit im looking at buying is a tomtac unit (mainly due to price) looked all over the internet and can only find 1 product review which to me says there either mega poo or people cba to review products.

 

if i do rebuild il be mainly using ultimate products as they've worked well in my 249 and seem reasonably priced but any suggestions would be most appreciated 

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DO NOT BUY THE TOMTAC !!!!

 

The micro switch burns out

bespoke trigger (selector plate too) & Cut Off Lever you will have fun sourcing any replacements

 

buy this instead....

 

https://www.ak2m4.co.uk/internal-parts/gearboxes-complete/ec-complete-gearbox-qd-v2-rear

 

TBH - depends on the gun in question

 

if you got decent gun in need of TLC then yeah....

if you got a pants SRC plastic starter M4 or something - hmmm maybe just buy a better gun

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sitting duck

 

cheers for putting me straight on tomtec it was pretty much what i thought as no 1 seems to be running them. but i really think the ec is a budget iteam looking at spending about 100 on the box then another 50 on a motor as i all went bang in a big way lol gun in question is a g&p m16vn with m203

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having an asg re-branded version of the box duck reccommends, i'd say go with that, mine's put up with a not insignificant amount of punishment from my tinkerings and it's still going strong.

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13 hours ago, Fat-jd said:

looking at spending about 100 on the box

 

What do you want in a box that you're not getting from that ak2m4 one, and could you add it for £55?

 

Hmm, it's not even mentioned in the listing, but it looks like it's got a quick change spring.

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15 minutes ago, Rogerborg said:

Hmm, it's not even mentioned in the listing, but it looks like it's got the greatest modification an airsoft box can have- a quick change spring.

 

ftfy ;)

 

doesn't make it "quicker" per say, especially if it's a pita to get the gearbox out to that stage, but it take 90% of the ballache away from having to do anything that requires splitting the box to work on.

 

i cannot understate how much easier that one simple thing does to make teching easier.

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1 hour ago, Rogerborg said:

 

What do you want in a box that you're not getting from that ak2m4 one, and could you add it for £55?

 yeah funny you should say that as after doing more reading on the ec gearbox it dosent seem to bad but with out being disrespectful it is a low end iteam but in all fairness this is reflected in the price and it would get the gun up and running again

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37 minutes ago, Fat-jd said:

 yeah funny you should say that as after doing more reading on the ec gearbox it dosent seem to bad but with out being disrespectful it is a low end iteam but in all fairness this is reflected in the price and it would get the gun up and running again

 

what performance are you wanting that a more expensive box could provide?

 

because the money might be better spent on other areas of the gun like the mosfet/motor combo or the hop unit to get gains in whatever area you want to go for.

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Those AK2M4 boxes arn't really budget boxes.

There boxes without branding. If it was branded it would be vastly more expensive.

I have one, The only review of it on AK2M4 is the one I wrote. You won't get more gearbox for the same money.
 

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well thanks for the info and if you guys are happy with that box who am i say diffrent and will be ordering this afternoon and reporting back shortly 

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7 hours ago, Adolf Hamster said:

 

what performance are you wanting that a more expensive box could provide?

 

not performance so much its more a case of longevity ive already picked up a mosfet and ive still got my g&p 170 motor which i dont no if im going to change or keep didnt have chance to order today so may do a bit more reading 

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