Fixing a Paslode gas framing gun that wont fire, or fires intermittently. 

Good day mate i want you to know after seeing your video i was able to do the same thing to my gun. It is the older model ICMT. i was thinking my gas was outdated only a year past the expiration date. You my friend are a money saver i want to personally say thank you. wow i just noticed you made this video 10 years ago. thank God for all these RU-vid videos that help all who are in need of these repairs. Thank you once again!

Great video,I cracked up when you came back and your wine glass was replenished

Great video. I rarely see anyone drinking wine while making such a repair. I had to chuckle.

This video helped me with fixing my paslode nailer and also made me realize i need to repair things while drinking and smoking. Many thanks !

I replaced the two O-rings and cleaned my gun. It ran worse than before it started and saw your video. Took the gun apart and used aluminum foil tape, the stuff that is used on ductwork, and it works great now. Thank you.

Haha. Nice touch on the wine refill and "hold on" - to take a sip of wine and smoke a cigar! thanks for the video - I saw a reference to a mention of adding a tab - but didn't know where. If cleaning my gun doesn't work - this is step 2...

Many thanks mate, I followed your tutorial after I serviced my paslode .Now It works like a charm .Thank you

Thanks for the video, was a big help in getting an old gun back up and running!

Good tip works a treat , reminds me of one of those early 90's cookery shows with the English chef Keith floyd where he slurps on his wine whilst cooking ..... Love it

great video skinny you must have Scottish ancestry .what a great help im a joiner myself.and you have saved me some money.thats a bottle of wine I owe you.thanks again from scotland

My problem exactly. Your fix was the charm. Just saved a bunch on repair. Thanks for your help!

Wow it worked for one of my guns. My one gun has an issue with not sparking but hats off to ya for an easy diagnosis. Thanks a bunch.

Love this....a real man fixing things

Thanks a lot for the tip about that roller trigger thing. It was bad on my nailer, and now its fixed. I really appreciate it.

Hi skinny have been having problems with my gun! Was just looking to buy a new one when I came across your fix! I wasn’t convinced but thought would give it a go. At first the fan wouldn’t shut off! But after a couple of goes I got the spacing right and now is as good as new. I had a can of beer n a cigarette while I was doing it!! Great tip kind regards from a fellow chippy in the U.K... Cheers.🍻...

Thanks mate - worked a treat... mine's been playing up for years (don't use it a lot,) tried everything: new O rings, piston ring, reed valve, new batteries, gas, but still only worked intermittently - could never depend on it. Didn't have any flashing, so cut a strip off a Fosters can. Knew there'd be a use found for it one day... (only kidding!) Thanks again.

Thanks for this tip. Fixed mine today.

Strip of flashing worked like a charm. Thank you for the tip. :)

Great vid, thanks for the help. Nice wine break

Nice on 👍 I didn’t pack the trigger I got a pair of pliers and tweaked the wheel.. worked a treat. Thank you 😉

Gotta love the wine glass in the background, I was waiting for him to pause for a quick drink and drag! Ingenius trick btw, I will have to try it out.

Worked great! Thanks for the video!

currently servicing my paslode with a glass of wine on the table. cheers 🍷

Excellent and very helpful video. Thank you.

These things are engineered to fail through a frailty mechanism inbuilt ,so as the average builder will throw it away.They are a brilliant tool,but they are built to fail,so paslode can sell you a new tool,periodically.However a well maintained tool can earn you a fortune on pricework.They work if used every day,far better than intermittent use.Thanks for the video.

It worked! Fired first time! Thanks a lot.

was having a rum while watching this, my framemaster is playing up, will pull apart and check this.

Thanks for the tip, now my flea-bay nailer works pretty good. I tried replacing the part but that just made it work for a little bit then quit again. I used aluminium foil duct tape, hope that helps someone.

Mate did this on my brothers old paslode framing gun that he gave away to me and it worked, thanks

Thanks for the pointer, I have a finishing gun and took it apart to check this out but it's a different set up for the switch. I managed to stick a piece of plastic packer to the part that hits the switch and now it fires every time.:)

Good man I be drinking wine while watching your post.

I didnt take the spring off i just bent it up with needle nose works perfect no need to add shims

Thanks mate, worked a treat

Thank you Sir! My gun lives again!

U the Man mate. Thank you. Appreciate it 👍💯

Slick. Worked for me! I used a couple layers of foil tape I had from some duct work. Many thanks. the part is 404448 Lever/Head switch and is available through several suppliers - but this trick got me going again until I can replace it. Many thanks

great vid, thank you...if it doesn't work I will still enjoy my wine!

great video cheers.....however i did the repair and it got worse fan would not come on. After filing about i found that the spring was pushing on the switch after releasing. pushed the spring back the other way and no it works great! go figure! everything in my life is backwards or upside down! cheers again though for pointing the right direction to look in.

Top man cheers! worked a bloody that mate on the money saved me 50 notes pat on the back for you....

Now I know what I’m doing wrong. I gonna get right roaring drunk and fix my damn gun.

Thanks heaps...Fixed my problem....👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks dude, works great now.

No, you've got a different issue there. With the problem I addressed in the video the fan still works, but the gun won't fire when you pull the trigger. Check that the power connector to the fan is pushed in firmly and the spark plug cap is down firmly. You could also try another battery (some batteries look good, green light etc, but are actually dud.)

Worked a treat, I'd been stuffing around for a while and then came across your vid. Simple & effective solution, cheers

that looks like the go...I pulled the gun apart and was holding the switch in by hand and it fired every time...put it back together and nothing...time to try your fix! Cheers!

good stuff! my framer is over twenty years old

Update - fired over 1,000 51's, used two gas canisters and three battery recharges today - didn't miss a shot. Can't thank you enough - best it's been since I bought it nearly ten years ago.

Hi, Skinny. I have an old paslode im250. Finish nailler I have it apart and it is sparking. I can't be shore it,s sparking when it's together. Any ideas what's wrong with it? Thanks. Tom

Fantastic - I had all but given up!

great idea if it was built to work consistently.They are not reliable and very difficult for the average guy to trouble shoot and repair. Average repair cost at home depot works out to 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of a new one.I bought a new battery =waste of money.New fuel cell=waste of money. How do you know if its switch,o ring ,spark or something else when youre sitting by a wall you are trying to put together and the gun works then doesnt ,works then doesnt then quits only to start working intermitantly for a hour or so then stops working again then leave it for a day and it works for an hour only to do the above again.

Nice video. I received one of these from a friend and it didn't work. I took it apart and found fan shaft very bent and not working. Replaced that motor, and it cranked right up, but would not fire a nail. Put it away for a few weeks. Saw your video and thought this might be my issue. however now gun is dead. I can't even get light to come on in handle. Fan will not work. I can't find any info to address this. battery was out during storage and gun inside carrier, and in my house. Batteries and canisters both work well in another gun. Gun just seems to have lost a connection somewhere. Reset button??? Can you help me.

Thank you very much,,, my framer is framing again

Thanks heaps mate, this did the trick on my paslode :) Your right in that its a really shitty design flaw with the unit

Very classy.

Hey mate do you have any idea how to stop the firing pin from jamming?

thanks, enjoyed it

Just saved myself hundreds of £s with a strip of bean tin..!! Well done 3491, can get back to the self build and shed....cheers ...hic!

The paslode finishing gun that I have fires and the pin/plunger that pushes the nail works but the nail does not come out or slides into position to be driven. can someone tell me what the problem might be?Thank you

what kind of stogie and whine do i have to have while doing this.

This is great but what I'm interested in is do you swear by the paslode cleaning gear or have you got some more tips on what to clean em with.... standard $2 degreaser???

Put a slight bend on the wheel end of the metal strip, it does the same thing.

Yes just bend the wheel up no shims needed . Just bent mine . Figured that out in my own before I read the comments

Thanks Mate

salud brother!!!!

thankyou very helpfull i fixed mine with coke can

my spark plug button only fires when the button is released???

wow that guns filthy!

A glass of Merlot and a fine cigar whilst attending to his craft. Now that's one classy Carpenter LOL. I only wish he'd done s better job explaining what part of the gun he was working on and how to access it. You see, I bought a used gun and have never operated one myself let alone attempt to service or repair one. However, I'm sure that I'll figure it out myself over time, at which point his flashing fix may be just what I need to get this thing working. I bought the framing nailer and a finish nailer off Craigslist for only $100.00.....😁.yes, for both. So anything I have to put into them will be worth it

Thx, cheers

Can you give me a bit more info Shaun

thanks for the vid. My gun will fire and the drive pin will put a dent in the wood but not drive a nail. It will usually do this a dozen or so times then be ok for a dozen nails then do it again. Any ideas?? Is this part the problem here?? thanks.

I never fix my nail gun without a glass of wine handy!

Skinny, i just picked up a used 325li cheap. i knew it didnt work when i got it. thats why it was cheap! haha anyway new battery and new gas but when you pull the trigger nothing happens. any sugestions to what i should do first? thanks, George

ok, i took it apart and clean everything with the Paslode spray cleaner. i then oiled the piston and o-rings. everything looked good. the spark plug had a sharp point and was clean to begin with. i put it back toghether and installed a new fully charged battery. No spark! i did try to get it to spark when it was apart. i put battery in and slide the front piece back. then i pushed the switch, nothing happened then either. HELP! ha ha, the gun is so new. it isn't even scratched. i'm not a nail gun mechanic, i have abilities but i don't know anything about this piece. thanks, Skinny George

Hi skinny my gun is running the fan but as soon as I push down it blinks red and green. I haven't tried your technique yet and was wondering if you had a same similar problem before you made this video.

Engineered obsolescence

Damn where can I get a glass to refill it self

This won't work without a glass of wine.

That so-called spring that you say presses a switch that activates the spark when you pull the trigger

Dont need to put anything on spring lever just bend it up closer to the chamber

if your nailgun is as dirty as the one in the video, it needs a clean a serious clean, piston out. 95% of paslode problems these days are cheap gas, dirtier deposits, that stick the rings into the piston grooves.

IMCT --RED LIGHT TURNS ON AND IT WONT FIRE. I REPLACED MOLDED CIRCUIT BUT STILL NOTHING IT JUST FLASHES RED?

whatcha drinking mate?

Glass of vine repeadly full up 😊😊😊

Half Corona and Shiraz :)

Well i push the button down and the fan starts but it doesnt spark until i release the button, so when the guns together it only fires when i release the gun off the surface, then the tongue gets jammed.

Bloody treat i mean oops!!!

PASLODE~ Don't drink & fire. 🚫🍷

this switch is for the fan not the trigger the reason your gun missfires is more than likley a dirty spark plug!

I got one of those 5% that it doesn't work on. Story of my life.

I'm going to try it out. Trying to sell mine after not using it for a while and got it to worked 3 times in a row, its fan seams noiser than I remember so will give it a army test

the wine fill up was funny. good visual. My guns work god you just have to keep them clean and charged, don't throw them around......

Shit opened mine up & it doesn't have that part,mine is a finishing nailer

Pontious Pilate endorses paslodes!

See if it works??..............Do you know what you are doing? Sorry mate it's just a mirco switch and you could have put the battery in ONLY and proved your results. I figure you still have a problem and will have to replace the spark unit!. Let us know if I am wrong. Cheers

these things have a tendancy to fail when used outdoors on sunny days, case expands and will not activate fuel charge

Dude..., are you drunk?😒

Its without a doubt the most unreliable tool I have ever purchased. I have wanted to throw it against a wall many times !

just buy new parts.

Too pissed to do the job properly!