koehlerrk
02-05-2017, 03:05 PM
Couple weeks ago I pulled my Marauder out of the safe to plug a squirrel that was trying to get into my garage eaves. Sadly, the squirrel was quickly forgotten when I looked at the pressure gauge and it read 0 instead of 3000. Yes, I store her fully charged, so somewhere she developed a leak. Pumped her up and she started leaking air out the barrel.
Did some research and determined that a bad valve seat is the cause of what I was seeing. Found the valve for $8 and an oring kit for $15. Threw in a couple other parts and I'm up to $50.
Well, this morning, I was feeling good. So I set everything up on the dining room table and started disassembly. I. Am. Impressed. The fine folks at Crosman designed this rifle to be user serviceable! Very few tools needed, couple screwdrivers and a set of Allen wrenches mostly. Long story short, tore it all apart and put it all back together. Not only does it work very well, but its held 3000 psi since 9:00 am. If the gauge hasn't moved in five hours, I think I got the orings in right.
Sure, it was fussy work, but I took my time and had no troubles at all.
Did some research and determined that a bad valve seat is the cause of what I was seeing. Found the valve for $8 and an oring kit for $15. Threw in a couple other parts and I'm up to $50.
Well, this morning, I was feeling good. So I set everything up on the dining room table and started disassembly. I. Am. Impressed. The fine folks at Crosman designed this rifle to be user serviceable! Very few tools needed, couple screwdrivers and a set of Allen wrenches mostly. Long story short, tore it all apart and put it all back together. Not only does it work very well, but its held 3000 psi since 9:00 am. If the gauge hasn't moved in five hours, I think I got the orings in right.
Sure, it was fussy work, but I took my time and had no troubles at all.