Pneumatic framing nailer issues.

[flickit]

No longer able to fire nails and wondered if plunger/striker is sticking because I failed to add oil in-line with the air supply? Used to be that when the magazine was empty the nailer would leave a huge dent in the wood where the nail should have gone. Unit is firing but no evidence the plunger/striker is doing much good. Any ideas how to get it back on the air without replacing the unit? Too late to add the oil into the air inlet?

[mdshunk]

The key to keeping your air nailers working well is maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. Youneed to add a few drops of oil to the air port every once in a while and you have to be on a cleaning schedule with air nailers, and clean them as well as you would a firearm. Every air nailer has a "rebuild kit", which only costs a few bucks. It has o-rings and seals and other widgets. Sounds like a rebuild kit would fix you right up. The manner in which you describe your gun is malfunctioning is fairly typical. Most every lumber yard and other air tool retailer also installs the rebuild kits. You can get your gun back in a few days. Some guys have had decent luck "reviving" their wasted nail gun by soaking the whole head of the tool in a bucket of mineral spirits overnight. Just plop the whole tool down, head first, in the bucket. Might be worth a try to see how it goes. If it doesn't work, you need to take 'er in for a rebuild. This usually costs less than 50 bucks to have someone else do it.

[flickit]

The key to keeping your air nailers working well is maintenance, maintenance, maintenance. You have to be on a cleaning schedule with air nailers, and clean them as well as you would a firearm. Every air nailer has a "rebuild kit", which only costs a few bucks. It has o-rings and seals and other widgets. Sounds like a rebuild kit would fix you right up. The manner in which you describe your gun is malfunctioning is fairly typical. Most every lumber yard and other air tool retailer also installs the rebuild kits. You can get your gun back in a few days. Some guys have had decent luck "reviving" their wasted nail gun by soaking the whole head of the tool in a bucket of mineral spirits overnight. Just plop the whole tool down, head first, in the bucket. Might be worth a try to see how it goes. If it doesn't work, you need to take 'er in for a rebuild. This usually costs less than 50 bucks to have someone else do it.
After I re-read the operator's manual, I noticed I forgot to add a little oil in the air inlet "Every few uses".

[mdshunk]

Sure thing. Pneumatic nailers are pretty robust when compared with the more fickle Paslode hoseless nailers. Maintenance is super important with Paslode guns. I think that it's safe to say that adding a couple of drops of oil to the tool every once in as while is the best PM. I notice many guys now have installed automatic tool oilers on their compressors. This has a resivour that you fill with tool oil and it adds a slight oil mist to the air stream. All you need to do is keep the oil filled on the automatic oiler.