I have been enlightened!

I bought my first marker last month and took it apart almost immediately. No problems, cool.

Last week: Strip marker, reassemble marker, screw on tank, loud sound of air rushing out of my marker. What could that be, then... I remember something cryptic I have seen on signatures around the forum:

"washer first, then o-ring, tombstone holds it in place" if you dont know what I mean, you will soon.

Hmmmmm, let's tale a look.

Ah hah!

Now I know.

How long were you on the path to enlightenment?

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It took me about two weeks. Like you the second time I reassembled the marker I installed the rear bolt, which took quite a bit of pressure, and then saw a little white oring rolling on the floor. I knew immediately... Washer first, then....

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If vegetables are bad and some people are bad, then are some people vegetables?

if i don't know how things work and I'm taking it apart i pay meticulous attention to where parts come from. when i was in the 10th grade i took apart a Chevy engine down to the smallest screw and then reassembled without any directions, turned it over and roar went the engine, and i am not a car person! So when i took my a5 apart i saw that oring, then when it came out it came with a washer. so putting 2 and 2 to together (seeing o-ring not seeing washer, to having both) I figured the washer went in first.

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I get asked "Why?" alot. Why do you do this? Why did you do that? Why would you think of such a thing? WELL HERE IS MY ANWSER..... BECAUSE I CAN!!!!!!

To me, being enlightened means knowing about the entire gun. I still don't know everything, that's why I still post questions. But considering how much info there is on these guns, it took a while before I thought I knew enough to be enlightened.

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I'm not that observant and when I stripped the marker I never noticed those parts hidden in there. It wasn't until after the Whoosh of air that I went back in and saw that I had an O ring on one side and a washer on the other side instead of next to each other that I put it all together.

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Took me about a day. I was goofing around and checking the firing mechanism without gas. I ended up dry firing without the tombstone actually inside the breech...and a washer and fat o-ring popped out.

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i still forget the dtent or put it in backward and the washer first and the oring thing i always wondered till you see it and have to put it back in then your like o yeah thats what they meant

I realized the placement after I saw that those parts were out of alignment within the valve of my marker, but I really had to enlarge online instructions to make sure.

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My realization was simply a matter of being meticulous the first time I stripped it down.

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You called down the thunder, well now you've got it!
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Don't knock the weather, a lot of people couldn't start a conversation without it.

Had my A5 about 6 months now. I have taken it apart 3 times. It was only this last time just the other day that the o ring and washer fell out. Havent seen the quote before but after some contemplation and consulting of the exploding diagram I downloaded I figured out where it went.