Super Soaker Central

I just picked one of these up from a local thrift store; it holds pressure, but the thing's a mess; it leaks like all get-out, and the pressure gauge is stuck.

I want to open it up to repair it, but there's a nozzle cover in the way, and I can't seem to get it off. I don't really want to force it, for I want to try and keep the gun as intact as I possibly can.

Does anyone have any tips on how to remove that piece without damaging it beyond repair?

Removing glued parts is very difficult. When I tried to open a CPS 1000, to K-Mod it, I really gently pulled the nozzle cap away but suddenly it got a big crack, so it stopped, but only because I was trying to modify a WORKING gun.

I would recommend, to watch carefully at the glued parts and try to find out where they are glued. There usually are some specific points, where some glue is put in, extend the glued part at these points, and it will be removeable^^
Do not try to put in a screw-driver and push it just in...this will crack it, gently extend at the right points...
In case it brakes, ok, then get it off with the least damage, and repair this after the gun is in full working oder again. Just be careful and work gently, do not use to much power, this plastic is probably more than 10 years old...

by the way: Do not forget, a working, "ugly" gun is better than a beautiful gun without the ability to shoot...

Good luck

-G-JiV- wrote:by the way: Do not forget, a working, "ugly" gun is better than a beautiful gun without the ability to shoot...
Good luck

Agreed.
If you end up breaking it, duct tape fixes everything

In order to remove it without breaking it, find the thinest thing you can (knife works well) and place it between the nozzle cap and the body of the gun. Work the knife all the way around the seam. Repeat with progressively larger tools until you can pull it off.

you could always try heating it up gently with a heat gun or the like to soften the glue

Make sure you don't melt the plastic though