Broken CPS 3200
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This past year I was playing in a nighttime water fight. I think I might have overpumped it up because it was working fine and then after I repumped it up it wouldnt fire.
I tried all I could to drain the water and pressure but had almost no success at all...very very little came out. I tried opening the gun but could not fully open it.
It basically just won't fire and still has the water in it (Ive left it alone for a couple months now)..
I really wanna fix it since they Don't sell these guns anymore...
thanks
svede
I tried all I could to drain the water and pressure but had almost no success at all...very very little came out. I tried opening the gun but could not fully open it.
It basically just won't fire and still has the water in it (Ive left it alone for a couple months now)..
I really wanna fix it since they Don't sell these guns anymore...
thanks
svede
- SSCBen
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The problem is probably only fixable by opening your gun. I should make a guide on how to open your gun. Yeah, I'll do that for the redesign. You should get some precision screwdrivers and push real hard to try to get them open. The 2K series has cheap screws, I know becuase my 2700 and my bro's 1200's screws are rusted and my 1000's are like new! If you can't get it open that way and you still want to fix it, you have another option. You could drill the screws out. That is done with a drill, and a drill bit about the same size as your screw. You start drilling into the screw until it detaches itself. Do this only as a last resort, because it is hard to remove what is left afterwards. If you don't understand how to drill screw out, ask your dad or someone who would know. I'm sure they would be happy to help you.
Once you get your gun open, take some pictures and post them here. I will be able to diagnose the problem much better with pictures. From what I know, it sounds like your broke your CPS chamber, but that may not be true because there are valves in place to prevent that. If you did break your CPS chamber, I've got some ideas that may help, but I have no way of knowing if they will or won't. If the 3200 had a spherical CPS chamber, this wouldn't be a problem, because I just recently had success making homemade spherical CPS chambers.
Yeah, that was a lot. I hope your 3200 gets fixed soon.
Once you get your gun open, take some pictures and post them here. I will be able to diagnose the problem much better with pictures. From what I know, it sounds like your broke your CPS chamber, but that may not be true because there are valves in place to prevent that. If you did break your CPS chamber, I've got some ideas that may help, but I have no way of knowing if they will or won't. If the 3200 had a spherical CPS chamber, this wouldn't be a problem, because I just recently had success making homemade spherical CPS chambers.
Yeah, that was a lot. I hope your 3200 gets fixed soon.
- Neuro
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that xp 70 of mine has messed screws..... anyways, the stuck trigger thing is exactly what happened to my 2500. Don't TRY TO FORCE IT! that's how I cracked my trigger. check the trigger from the underside to make sure it's not broken already. second of all, yes you have to open up your gun
urgent note for doomsoaker: buy a cps 2100 so you can figure out how to open it all the way! I couldn't!
also, doomsoaker, the cps chamber is NOT broken. it is merely a stuck valve. if he can open up the gun and open up the check valve and pull back on it, that will release the major pressure (DO THAT OUTSIDE). also, if you can pull that metal rod, A LOT, it will release the pressure the normal way. also: WATCH THE SCREWS. make sure you have every last one and you know where the different sized ones go. get your gun back together ASAP, before you forget.
urgent note for doomsoaker: buy a cps 2100 so you can figure out how to open it all the way! I couldn't!
also, doomsoaker, the cps chamber is NOT broken. it is merely a stuck valve. if he can open up the gun and open up the check valve and pull back on it, that will release the major pressure (DO THAT OUTSIDE). also, if you can pull that metal rod, A LOT, it will release the pressure the normal way. also: WATCH THE SCREWS. make sure you have every last one and you know where the different sized ones go. get your gun back together ASAP, before you forget.
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Ill have to go look at my cps 3200 again, but if I recall I couldnt see how to open it...I took out all the screws, but it had these "fake" plastic screws and other things locking it in place....any directions on how to do this without ruining my gun?
[at]neobird: so you think it is just a valve locking up my triggers? sound slike that could be it...
[at]neobird: so you think it is just a valve locking up my triggers? sound slike that could be it...
- SSCBen
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You could get some wire or something and poke at them until you get them open safely. Be creative in opening it. Take a picture of what you're having a problem with.
I don't think that you can ruin a soaker by opening it wrong. My 2700 has seen everything bad in opening, and it still holds together as good as ever.
But then again, my 2700 looks like this. It's not pretty, but works. You may have to go this far to repair your gun.
I don't think that you can ruin a soaker by opening it wrong. My 2700 has seen everything bad in opening, and it still holds together as good as ever.
But then again, my 2700 looks like this. It's not pretty, but works. You may have to go this far to repair your gun.
- Neuro
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a link to doom's 2700 that WORKS
P.S. I think it needs a nosejob! (and a couple other things)
(the board was being really tricky about letting me correct the link, so I set up one of those handy little php header("Location: ***"); jobs on my site )
P.S. I think it needs a nosejob! (and a couple other things)
(the board was being really tricky about letting me correct the link, so I set up one of those handy little php header("Location: ***"); jobs on my site )
- Jadefalcon09
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Yeah, listen to Neo Bird here. Inthe past with my 2500, I knew jack squat about how a water gun works, except that it squirt :Hey, that's funny.: Anyway, the trigger started catching a lot lately, so I forced it to fire. One day, bam! there it goes snapped, and I could not fix it. Take pictures and Doomsoaker and some other members can diagnose the problem. Remember, there is never a bad soaker, unless it is completely broken! :soakem:Originally posted by neobird@Nov 3 2003, 09:12 PM
that xp 70 of mine has messed screws..... anyways, the stuck trigger thing is exactly what happened to my 2500. Don't TRY TO FORCE IT! that's how I cracked my trigger. check the trigger from the underside to make sure it's not broken already. second of all, yes you have to open up your gun
urgent note for doomsoaker: buy a cps 2100 so you can figure out how to open it all the way! I couldn't!
also, doomsoaker, the cps chamber is NOT broken. it is merely a stuck valve. if he can open up the gun and open up the check valve and pull back on it, that will release the major pressure (DO THAT OUTSIDE). also, if you can pull that metal rod, A LOT, it will release the pressure the normal way. also: WATCH THE SCREWS. make sure you have every last one and you know where the different sized ones go. get your gun back together ASAP, before you forget.
- Neuro
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- Neuro
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OFF TOPIC: if you've seen the movie "The Inlaws", I'm saying what michael douglas said to the frat kids. no, I can't say it here, but I can make a reference B)
svede: if you can, buy some sheet metal just in case. if you're really in sweden, I know they have a lot of places that sell it around there...
svede: if you can, buy some sheet metal just in case. if you're really in sweden, I know they have a lot of places that sell it around there...
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Hi all,
I really apologize for never responding....wasnt able to get any pictures (altho I might be able to now) and then got busy with college and work..
Anyways, Im leaving for vacation tomorrow....
I think I have it almost open...only one problem left
The black "nozzle" on the gun where the hose connects to it (the hose to the backpack) is in the way.
Any ideas on how to fix (remove) that?
thanks and sorry again
Steve
I really apologize for never responding....wasnt able to get any pictures (altho I might be able to now) and then got busy with college and work..
Anyways, Im leaving for vacation tomorrow....
I think I have it almost open...only one problem left
The black "nozzle" on the gun where the hose connects to it (the hose to the backpack) is in the way.
Any ideas on how to fix (remove) that?
thanks and sorry again
Steve
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