Paslode im250 not firing

Deanopolini · Post by **Deanopolini** » Sat Sep 26, 2020 8:08 pm

Wondering if anyone can help i got a paslode im 250 ii that wasnt firing so i stripped down cleaned put in new orings checked over reasembled and still the same green light flashes no red ones batteries good sparks seems good when heads off it doesnt fire except say once every 20 presses it will and that seems to not fire the nail only firing pin has no jams ect has the yellow gas stem all been cleaned out any ideas im starting to think maybe its gettin no spark when heada on is this possible

Job and Knock · Post by **Job and Knock** » Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:53 pm

Maybe a daft question, but do you have sufficient nails in it.? More to the point, does it spark consistently with the head off?

Deanopolini · Post by **Deanopolini** » Sun Sep 27, 2020 9:28 pm

Yea and yes mate

Job and Knock · Post by **Job and Knock** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:42 am

Next thing I'd start looking at would be the safety lock out on the nose to see if it is fully engaging when the nose is depressed on the workpiece. When opened up (top off) does the fan come on if there are pins in the gun and the nose is depressed? There should be a microswitch somewhere near the top.of the gas cannister housing which activates the fan when the nose is depressed. These days I'm more familiar woth the Senco/Rawl type of gun and on those the microswitch can get broken and cause the gun to die

fin · Post by **fin** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:19 am

i had a strange one on my im65. i put it in for repair as it was doing my head in.

basically the gun would fire a nail. then totally die and if i removed and reatached the battery it would fire a nail and then again die

Job and Knock · Post by **Job and Knock** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:14 am

That sounds like it could be a capacitor fault, Fin

ayjay · Post by **ayjay** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:44 am

fin wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:19 am i had a strange one on my im65. i put it in for repair as it was doing my head in.

basically the gun would fire a nail. then totally die and if i removed and reatached the battery it would fire a nail and then again die

My im65 does that: it's always been a poor battery connection. I used to shove a screwdriver down into the battery housing and ease the tabs out a bit, (and clean them up a bit as well).

fin · Post by **fin** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:47 am

at the time i didnt have spare time so i gave it to the repair shop. its done now i just need to collect it. ill find out what it was then.

have you lads seen the newer style gasles nailers? like hikoki and milwaukee do them. they look decent like

Job and Knock · Post by **Job and Knock** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:25 pm

Been using s Hikoki NR1890 since March. Impressed so far. Went the whole hog and got the 15ga, 16ga and 18ga pinners as well. What did you want to know (new thread?)