Squealing solenoid?

[nonamifrontman]

I installed a FreeFlow and a Jackhammer 2 lpr, went to air it up a little while ago and the solenoid is making the horrible squealing noise... air is coming out of the forward most exhaust hole above the 'niod... also when I try and fire it it will fire one good shot and then it'll cycle like the pressure is real low...

I switched out the Jackhammer for a Maxflo and I'm getting the same thing...

[thefword000]

I don't have the freeflow mod, but I also have a horrible sqealing sound coming from my breech area... the air is leaking so fast that i can barely get through a game with 4500 psi... I didn't notice any shootdown like him^ though

edit: I have an LCD though... but it sounds like the same problem that he is having with his LED so any help would be appreciated

[nonamifrontman]

Mine is coming from the Solenoid itself, when I air it up I can feel the backplate vibrating a little.. the squealing is pretty loud...

[thefword000]

Oh... I'm not sure if mine is coming from the noid, all i know is it's coming form around that area. I would check to see if my backplate is vibrating but I don't have any air... but yeah it's a reallllllllllllllly loud, high pitched sqealing sound.

[Crazy4Paintball1]

Nonamifrontman- I am not sure what exactly would have caused that. Was it working fine before you did the conversion? I have never heard anything good about the conversion, so I am not sure. Have you tried going back to your original set-up without the FF mod? and see if it works then or if you still have the leak from the solenoid. You might have just blown an o-ring and that could fix your problem.

Thefword000- if you are leaking from your breech area, it is more than likley either a valve or exhaust valve problem. I would take out your entire right tube. Take the ram, hammar, valve, LPR, everything out. Clean it out with a swab. Check all your O-rings on your ram, valve, and LPR. Also change your exhaust valve( they are like $7 bucks) lube up all the o-rings and put your gun back together and that should fix your problem. Worst case would be that your solenoid is blown or something, but fromt he sounds of it I dont think yours is blown.

[thefword000]

cool... thanks a lot man ill try that... i just hope i don't mess anything up when i take it apart :notsure:

[nonamifrontman]

It was workin before I put the FF in there... I need to make a lpr lockpin before I can put the stock one back in, I cut the stock one so I could try the FF, makin one isnt a big deal...

I really wanna get my LED lighter... I was thinking about putting a timmy solenoid in there instead of the stock one and the big metal can the stock 'noid is attached to... how does that come out? I noticed one setscrew on top of the LED by the forward most exhaust vavle, I took that out but there really isnt any way, that I notice, to get that can out. My idea is buy a timmy 'noid, tap barbs into the approriate air passages and wire it into the Morlock board Im gonna get soon. Whaddya think?