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[mintee]

Now I've been avoiding integrating my Spideys because of a leak. The problem is as follows:

• Pump up the Spideys as much or as little as you like
• Wait one or two minutes
• Fire with significantly less pressure than the amount you pumped it for

Now there's a loss of pressure in the air tanks because of a leak. When you fire the gun after a minute or two, suddenly you get duds! That totally sucks, and nobody wants their backup/integration to malfunction in the middle of a game. So I attacked it with a tub of water, of course, to find the leak. To all those who still haven't figured it out, the answer is here!

Now there's an inherent leak in the middle of your detonator trigger. The part where it is connected to the white tube is poorly sealed. Nothing else in my guns leak; I thoroughly checked them under water and no other problems could be found. Your mileage may vary.


Here you can see the leak. The air bubbles form at the only place I've found a leak so far. See how important checking for your leaks is?

Now while the leak is only for one of the tubes, all of the blast chambers are affected.

How to fix? Goop it up where the white tubing meets grey plastic. Make sure not to goop too much or it won't go back into place in the housing.

[Split]

Awesome. Thanks man. I have that problem and didn't even know where to start. Good simple writeup.

[Bomberman]

Sweet. This is good to know. I was thinking about getting a couple of spideys, so I'll hold off then. (I can only remove Ar's now because of the fumes of adhesives, and have some health issues.) I swear, I think like a troubleshooting directory would be helpful. You know, fixing leaks, reinforcing things, that kind of stuff. Good Job.

[mintee]

I'm glad you guys appreciate it.

Another thing to note: when you're integrating the SMDTG into another gun, and want to replace the tubing on the detonator trigger mechanism, you can just pry the rings off, where the tubing meets the gray plastic. Then you can cut the tubing around the bottom, where it is actually glued on to the grey plastic. Then cut lengthwise from where you just cut and peel it off. The plumber's goop should come off easily enough should you decide to integrate it after mending it.