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Posted on Dec 20, 2009

Nail not firing, battery charged, fuel cell good,

I performed a complete cleaning and oiling and the gun shoots a nail after a few pulls of the triger. It was a slight improvement before I cleaned. I just bought this used.

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When you took it apart to clean it, you may have piched off the large brown o-ring on the head valve. To check this, take the orange head valve cover off and push the gun downard onto a piece of wood as if firing it. Watch the o-ring to see if it clears all the metal fingers around the fan.

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