Nelspot Project: Cached Repost Reposted

This is something I found wile looking around. I will try to fill in the missing Pics if I find some time. If you have the missing pics that would be easier but I highly doubt that they are around.

Started to work on the pics today. I have a VERY rusty Second version nelspot, that I figured I would kill 2 birds with one stone. One for this post and one for a post on fixing up one of these guns.

I won this gun on e-bay a wile ago and the pic was not the best and the gun looked better in the pic than when I got it. :(

This is what it looks like when I started.

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OK, I have a 007 coming in the mail. I have attempted to get the old data off the crashed website, to no avail. Google allowed me to pull up the text though. Here it is (the pictures were a little fuzzy anyways if I remember).

The Nel-Spot Project

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Welcome!

I'm going to be reworking four (4) original Nel-Spot paintball markers, and cataloging it for posterity. This is just going to be a simple step by step procedure, and no fancy html. Sorry, no time.

I guess the first thing we need to do is grab our Nel-Spot

Step One requires a Philips screw driver. Underneath the gun, you'll see some Philip head screws. Remove those.
Here are the two screws at the front of the grip frame.
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This is the top screw that is reached at the back of the feed tube.
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Step Two After removing the three Philip screws, pump handle and pump handle bolt, the gun should easily come apart.

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Step Three the ASA is held in by three very small, very tiny set screws.

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Step Four entails removing the newly unbolted ASA Same pic

Step Five take apart the valve tube using a high quality Sears Robo Grip! (I did for two of the guns)

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Next thing you will probably want to do is replace the original valve tube. Now this is by no means needed or necessary, but more than likely the valve tube will be rusty and 15 years old. Get a new generic one from www.skanline.com OR, in my case, replace it with an Earon Carter valve tube.

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Step 6 is the most difficult part about rebuilding and reworking Nel-Spots. Notice this next picture:

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In the picture, the tube is closed off and there is no way to remove the hammer, because the sear of the hammer is sticking out. Trust me, they do not come out. Now you can use a punch and remove the sear... But putting it back together is a feat and a half. Especially in your newly fixed up gun. Be prepared for scratches galore.

Instead, we need to cut the rest of that slot. We loose a set screw hole, but we still have two left, so this isn't a problem.
I used a Dremel, and it happens to be the weapon of choice. I used the Dremel at a 45 degree to 60 Degree angle to slowly cut the slot. Started for the inside out.

We now have this:
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Parts are Back!
Ok.. I got all the parts back from having them powder coated. They came out very well, and this should make them more resilient from scratches during use.

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The first step in putting the parts back together is getting the trigger back together. This can be difficult, especially since you DON'T want to make any scratches!!
Put the trigger frame back together, trigger, and hammer in the pin that holds it all together. This will take a minute so BE patient!

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I dumped out my bag of parts for this gun. It's a must to keep all the parts separate. Notice the nicely polished internals. These HAD 15 years of gunk on them. Nice now.

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I took a Dremel tool to the barrel, and took off any excess paint that got on the inside, and then honed the barrel, and lastly, polished and cleaned out where the internals go for the best movement possible.

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My next step was putting back together the ASA.

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Then place the ASA into the main body.

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Then we add on the trigger frame. I found it easiest to put the front screw in first, and then the back.

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Don't forget to add those set screws!!! Now remember, you'll have an extra one left over because of the field strip for the internals that we made.

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After adding the brown grips, front and back cover... it should look something like this.

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Add the pump and voila!

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