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Gooseman · September 1st, 2005, 01:10

I'll address your problems individually.
The mag leaking problem:
- Fill the mag with however much gas you can. Then fully submerge the magazine in warm water. Notice where the bubbles are forming and that's where your leak is. If the leak is from the bottom where you fill the mag, then it's a pretty easy fix. Just disassemble the fill nozzle using a flathead screwdriver (be VERY careful not to deform the nozzle as it's made out of very soft brass). Once the nozzle is taken off, you just dissassemble THAT (it consists of 3 pieces I believe). You have to unscrew it to reveal the 2nd and 3rd piece. Lube all the pieces with silicon oil and reassemble. It should help the leaking. I've run across this problem A LOT in my time working with GBBs of all makes.
If the leak is coming from the top (where the valve is), then you need to disassemble the valve and inspect the orings for any cracks or tears. Soak them all in silicon oil and reassemble. This is fairly easy to do if you have the WA valve key (which u need to buy seperately). IF you dont have this, then you CAN use a small pair of pliers to unscrew that valve. Oh, before you do this, you'll have to remove the valve lock thingy (that thing that pops up when the valve is pressed). Use a metric hex key (dont know the size off hand).

-The part about the bbs not chambering properly (ie. you're getting 4 of them bunched up like that) is caused by your magazine lips being worn out. The magazine lip is the part that where the bbs come out of. If it's worn out, not much u can do but get a new magazine. The other area that could be causing the misfeed is the actual nozzle. The nozzle can be worn down. I've seen this before where the front portion of the nozzle is deformed and causing the bbs to spit out like crazy when the slide comes back. You'll have to buy a new nozzle to correct this.

The part about the firing:
-If you press the trigger and the gun fires a bb and the slide doesnt move back at all.. this is called a light strike and happens because your hammer spring is too weak and/or the pressure in the magazine is too high due to high temperature. In summer , a lot of peoples guns behave like this because there springs are unupgraded and the WA guns were meant to be used with low pressure HFC 134a gas not propane.

These are just some of the problems I've run across while working on WA guns. There are some more but the bottom line is, WA guns are super picky. The new SCW2 guns aren't as bad as I find their much more user friendly in terms of reliability. The SVI IED 5.0 is a very old gun.. I believe it's like 3 years old. A lot has improved with WA guns since then and you are the unlucky owner of a lemon. If you like, you can mail it to me and I can take a look at it.. If I can't fix it, I'll pay you the shipping. I have a ton of spare parts lying around that may help your gun.

September 1st, 2005, 01:10	#6
Gooseman Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: if u dont like my sidewalk, get off my driving	I'll address your problems individually. The mag leaking problem: - Fill the mag with however much gas you can. Then fully submerge the magazine in warm water. Notice where the bubbles are forming and that's where your leak is. If the leak is from the bottom where you fill the mag, then it's a pretty easy fix. Just disassemble the fill nozzle using a flathead screwdriver (be VERY careful not to deform the nozzle as it's made out of very soft brass). Once the nozzle is taken off, you just dissassemble THAT (it consists of 3 pieces I believe). You have to unscrew it to reveal the 2nd and 3rd piece. Lube all the pieces with silicon oil and reassemble. It should help the leaking. I've run across this problem A LOT in my time working with GBBs of all makes. If the leak is coming from the top (where the valve is), then you need to disassemble the valve and inspect the orings for any cracks or tears. Soak them all in silicon oil and reassemble. This is fairly easy to do if you have the WA valve key (which u need to buy seperately). IF you dont have this, then you CAN use a small pair of pliers to unscrew that valve. Oh, before you do this, you'll have to remove the valve lock thingy (that thing that pops up when the valve is pressed). Use a metric hex key (dont know the size off hand). -The part about the bbs not chambering properly (ie. you're getting 4 of them bunched up like that) is caused by your magazine lips being worn out. The magazine lip is the part that where the bbs come out of. If it's worn out, not much u can do but get a new magazine. The other area that could be causing the misfeed is the actual nozzle. The nozzle can be worn down. I've seen this before where the front portion of the nozzle is deformed and causing the bbs to spit out like crazy when the slide comes back. You'll have to buy a new nozzle to correct this. The part about the firing: -If you press the trigger and the gun fires a bb and the slide doesnt move back at all.. this is called a light strike and happens because your hammer spring is too weak and/or the pressure in the magazine is too high due to high temperature. In summer , a lot of peoples guns behave like this because there springs are unupgraded and the WA guns were meant to be used with low pressure HFC 134a gas not propane. These are just some of the problems I've run across while working on WA guns. There are some more but the bottom line is, WA guns are super picky. The new SCW2 guns aren't as bad as I find their much more user friendly in terms of reliability. The SVI IED 5.0 is a very old gun.. I believe it's like 3 years old. A lot has improved with WA guns since then and you are the unlucky owner of a lemon. If you like, you can mail it to me and I can take a look at it.. If I can't fix it, I'll pay you the shipping. I have a ton of spare parts lying around that may help your gun.