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Not really a modification, but it deserved a write up anyway.
As you may or may not know, I had 2 broken Iron Man Magstrikes. One with a broken Clip advance arm and the other with a leak.
After removing 20 or so screws I was inside the leaky one.
After a bit of searching, I found this nasty crack at the back of the pump, which was releasing all the air. I tried to plug it with hot glue, but that was a lesson if futility. all I managed to do was shrink the hose. So I went and extracted the clip advance arm from it and threw it in a bag under my cupboard.
Then opened the one with the broken arm. And to get to the arm you have to remove this panel.
Like so.
Then I could take out the arm and the plunger its attached to. Then i took off the 2 screws to get the arm off.
Here's the broken arm compared to a working one.
I Didn't bother to plug the bladder, I find it can shoot 20 shots if I don't waste air when the first clip is empty, plus I don't want to put it under any more stress than it already has. I was also going to plug a hole they have in the plunger, but it doesn't exist on this model.
As you may or may not know, I had 2 broken Iron Man Magstrikes. One with a broken Clip advance arm and the other with a leak.
After removing 20 or so screws I was inside the leaky one.
After a bit of searching, I found this nasty crack at the back of the pump, which was releasing all the air. I tried to plug it with hot glue, but that was a lesson if futility. all I managed to do was shrink the hose. So I went and extracted the clip advance arm from it and threw it in a bag under my cupboard.
Then opened the one with the broken arm. And to get to the arm you have to remove this panel.
Like so.
Then I could take out the arm and the plunger its attached to. Then i took off the 2 screws to get the arm off.
Here's the broken arm compared to a working one.
I Didn't bother to plug the bladder, I find it can shoot 20 shots if I don't waste air when the first clip is empty, plus I don't want to put it under any more stress than it already has. I was also going to plug a hole they have in the plunger, but it doesn't exist on this model.
