piston not opening, help me please

[Technician1002]

my piston valve will not open when i pilot it it, all of the air comes out of the pilot, which is a 1/4 inch ball valve, on a 2" piston, when i push a stick down the barrel and push the piston back manually, the air does come out

I've recently edited the piston valve page in the wiki to cover many of the common causes of problems in piston valves. Take a look at the bottom of this page and see if anything there can be what you are experiencing.
http://www.spudfiles.com/spud_wiki/inde ... ston_valve

If anyone else has suggestions on the page edit, please PM me. I am working on getting page creation privileges to create detailed pages on each of the piston formats with photos, math, theory, and construction.

[MountainousDew]

come on now were not in middle school anymore

Hey, I'm in middle school, but for only 9 more days...
And by the way you type, most people would think you are still in middle school.

Back on topic: What I did when my piston wasn't working well, was putting a ring of hot glue/epoxy putty arond it and cut a tiny slash in it.... And make sure its greased well. Thats what she said!

[covey12]

come on now were not in middle school anymore

Hey, I'm in middle school, but for only 9 more days...
And by the way you type, most people would think you are still in middle school.

Back on topic: What I did when my piston wasn't working well, was putting a ring of hot glue/epoxy putty arond it and cut a tiny slash in it.... And make sure its greased well. Thats what she said!

lol, ok ill try that, and have fun as a freshman next year, don't get hazed(i didn't luckily this year)