OK.. I took the valve adapter apart, and I found that the valve stem, plastic part (nylon or delrin) on the stem has some scratches along it's long axis.. I assume that this is what is keeping it from seating on the brass seat that it is installed through...
The leak was through the valve stem, through the top hat and into the chamber, enough that there was snow out of the barrel and a build up of it on the chamber back to the top hat...Not really a leak, more like a continuous flow... So I'm not even going to reinstall everything until I get a new stem/seat... This is a used gun btw...
Where does when get new valve parts from?
Thanks for your help!
73
Semper Fi
Ed