Fill valve maintenance or replacement on a Marauder

[jschwartzlow]

I have a 1st generation Marauder. Air leaks out of the fill port. I removed the fill adapter assembly and then the fill port. I was surprised to find the valve is basically just a pin that is pushes against the body of the port without any spring. There was a lot of what looked like gunk, but perhaps it is wax. No O-ring or seal. Perhaps the gunk was wax and it was supposed to be there. Perhaps there was once an O-ring. My questions are how does the valve work (how should it be) and is it repairable? If I need to order a new valve or fill adapter assembly do I need to contact Benjamin or is there a recommended vendor for parts? Thanks!

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

Havent had to see one yet but most do have some oring/seal as in the Discovery.

You could download the benjamin PDF and call crosman with the part number for the entire fill assembly it costs less than $15.00.

Pretty sure any oring that will fit will fix you up.

Let us know.
John

 

[kkarmical]

Travis over at Air Rifle Technology has a stainless fill nipple that is away better than the stock one. They're not listed on his website, but I called him, his number is listed on the contact page and picked one up week before last. It feels like it makes my gun easier to fill too.

 

[jschwartzlow]

I called up Benjamin. Normally they sell the fill adapter for $18.80, but they were out of stock. I did a search and found the part sold by Archer Airguns for $15.99 so I ordered it along with some new o-rings. Hopefully I will find Archer to be a good customer experience. Thank you very much for your insight.

 

[jschwartzlow]

I also checked out Air Rifle Technology. Very interesting work. I will have to decide how much I love my Marauder before investing in those parts, but there is some great work there. I have been looking at a Brocock Bantam. I'm afraid the shorter carbine and lower weight will win in the end and the Marauder will end up being a back up gun. Then again, it has thus far been highly reliable, accurate, and super quiet. Thank you!

 

[Hookster]

I have bought one for my Gen 1 from Archer, no issues and quick service. 

 

[jschwartzlow]

Just wanted to say that I received excellent service from Archer. Shipping was prompt and Accurate. They even went out of their way to refund a portion of shipping when I combined items. Now I just need to find time to install the parts.

 

[LUCA B.]

Ho chiamato Benjamin. Normalmente vendono l'adattatore di riempimento per $ 18,80, ma erano esauriti. Ho fatto una ricerca e ho trovato la parte venduta da Archer Airguns per $ 15,99, quindi l'ho ordinata insieme ad alcuni nuovi o-ring. Spero di trovare Archer come una buona esperienza per il cliente. Grazie mille per la tua intuizione.

 

[LUCA B.]

Buongiorno J., sono Luca da Verona (Italia) e sono nuovo del forum. Ho anche il problema dello sfiato del Marauder attraverso il nipplo di riempimento. Vorrei solo che mi dicessi gentilmente la dimensione corretta dell'o-ring del capezzolo Crosman 1761-106 e di che materiale è fatto, poiché Crosman non lo fornisce in sostituzione e proverei a cercarlo qui in Italia se può....
Dagli Stati Uniti nessun concessionario spedisce pezzi di ricambio in Europa...
ti ringrazio anticipatamente
Luca B.