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MaciekA · March 29th, 2012, 00:11

Awesome post.. Stuff like this should grow into a sticky post.

I am functioning as team mechanic for about a dozen guns these days and pretty much agree with your list.

I also like to have:

Teflon tape for sealing cylinder heads that lack double o-ring setups, and for doing bucking seals ("the teflon tape mod").
Dental floss for sealing buckings ("the dental floss mod")
Bag of M3 machine screws from home hardware to screw pistol grips to mechboxes. These come in so handy with lower end beater guns.
lots of heat shrink
lots of wire
lots of XT60 and Deans connectors, male and female
lots of solder
for your workspace, converters to and from XT60 <-> Deans <-> Tamiya in both male and female ends for both. Sometimes a new gun comes in that hasn't been rewired yet and you need to test it before doing so
super lube in 3oz squeeze tube format. Get these on ebay, they ship from the US and are cheap and have Teflon and are airsoft safe. This is what you want: http://www.super-lube.com/images/syn...e-3oz-tube.jpg
those MASK o-rings that airsoftparts sells. They seal way better than a lot of stock ones.
spacers/washers for minor AoE adjustments on pistons
sorbothane pads: http://clandestineairsoft.com/index....x&cPath=1_6_18
As Kozzie said, shims. TONS OF SHIMS of all sizes Get the Modify advanced ones that are super small diameter and never accidentally bind or interfere with anything.
The "small springs" of the gearbox, the set that Modify sells is what you want.
A few packs of Modify's anti-reversal latches with the nice flathead groove cut into them. I have destroyed a couple XYT ARLs and replacing them with "luxury" ARLs is nice.
Spare gear sets for your friends who buy G&P guns.
Spare 6mm and 7mm bushings to replace the junky/wiggle-prone ball bearing ones that come with some ACM guns like DBoys, or to replace nylon bushings on beater-for-upgrading guns like JGs, low end CAs, etc. Any gun that comes with 8mm anything usually has something half-decent stock, so you rarely need extras of those.
Spare pistol grips... One time Frank at Toronto Airsoft had a bargain bin full of King Arms pistol grips for 3 bucks a pop. These have been insanely useful.
Hobby King's LiPo voltage meter: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...l_checker.html If you have LiPos and your team runs on LiPos and you don't have one of these, getting one of these is like Christmas 2.0.

I could go on but I'd be getting into tools and such which may be outside of the scope of this post.

March 29th, 2012, 00:11	#6
MaciekA Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Portland, Oregon, USA	Awesome post.. Stuff like this should grow into a sticky post. I am functioning as team mechanic for about a dozen guns these days and pretty much agree with your list. I also like to have: Teflon tape for sealing cylinder heads that lack double o-ring setups, and for doing bucking seals ("the teflon tape mod"). Dental floss for sealing buckings ("the dental floss mod") Bag of M3 machine screws from home hardware to screw pistol grips to mechboxes. These come in so handy with lower end beater guns. lots of heat shrink lots of wire lots of XT60 and Deans connectors, male and female lots of solder for your workspace, converters to and from XT60 <-> Deans <-> Tamiya in both male and female ends for both. Sometimes a new gun comes in that hasn't been rewired yet and you need to test it before doing so super lube in 3oz squeeze tube format. Get these on ebay, they ship from the US and are cheap and have Teflon and are airsoft safe. This is what you want: http://www.super-lube.com/images/syn...e-3oz-tube.jpg those MASK o-rings that airsoftparts sells. They seal way better than a lot of stock ones. spacers/washers for minor AoE adjustments on pistons sorbothane pads: http://clandestineairsoft.com/index....x&cPath=1_6_18 As Kozzie said, shims. TONS OF SHIMS of all sizes Get the Modify advanced ones that are super small diameter and never accidentally bind or interfere with anything. The "small springs" of the gearbox, the set that Modify sells is what you want. A few packs of Modify's anti-reversal latches with the nice flathead groove cut into them. I have destroyed a couple XYT ARLs and replacing them with "luxury" ARLs is nice. Spare gear sets for your friends who buy G&P guns. Spare 6mm and 7mm bushings to replace the junky/wiggle-prone ball bearing ones that come with some ACM guns like DBoys, or to replace nylon bushings on beater-for-upgrading guns like JGs, low end CAs, etc. Any gun that comes with 8mm anything usually has something half-decent stock, so you rarely need extras of those. Spare pistol grips... One time Frank at Toronto Airsoft had a bargain bin full of King Arms pistol grips for 3 bucks a pop. These have been insanely useful. Hobby King's LiPo voltage meter: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...l_checker.html If you have LiPos and your team runs on LiPos and you don't have one of these, getting one of these is like Christmas 2.0. I could go on but I'd be getting into tools and such which may be outside of the scope of this post. __________________ "Mah check" Now you know