I’ve got a situation with my cordless nailer and wondered if anyone here might have any idea what I might try next.
I purchased the Paslode (IMCT) ‘impulse framer’ about 2 1/2 years ago. I used it for a few months — probably a total of less than 40 hours actual use. I was extremely happy with it’s service and had no problems whatsoever with it. Since then it has sat in my tool-closet.
I am now beginning another remodelling job and am wanting to use it again. I took it out to prep it, followed the Paslode cleaning video exactly as was directed, supplied the gun with a new fuel cell and a brand new fully charged battery.I then loaded it with a strip of paslode nails, and with the green ‘go’ light blinking and the nailer clean, oiled and fully charged was ready to light into my project. But when I ‘nosed down’ onto a test strip to shoot a few nails nothing at all happened. No sound of any kind … and no firing .. nothing at all.
Any suggestions from anyone here who may’ve had some experience with this puppy? I have absolutely no clue what to look for next!
Thanks –
Terry in Seattle
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I own one as well and it is a fabulous tool as it don't need any hoses or other encumberances to make it work. Assuming you reassembled the gun correctly, which is not easy.
The achilies heel of this tool is the $3.00 switch in the trigger and the 20 cent battery clips in the battery holster. Unfortunately the clips, switch, and mscl harnessing is all attached together in a plastic assembly that you can detach when you split the gun apart. REPLACE THE HARNESS at 40 bucks and it will work fine, probably.
If you didn't say you had a "New" battery I would have suggested that the old battery connectors (metal ends on the battery cartridge) might be worn. I think The Mfgr's use plated steel for the battery connections and the plating rubs off over the course of normaL usage. When the plateing rubs off it makes a problem in the electrical connection that is strong enough to light the light but too weak to run the spark/fan combination for a power stroke. (simple solution here is to plug & unplug the battery in the gun--- essentially jiggle it) Still it could be a bad battery connection as the battery clips in the gun are brittle steel and they break off over time. Look inside to inspect the battery holster of the gun for the wishbone battery clips.
Final thought is that the cleaning fluid might be the thing that kills the trigger switch. The switch in mine is sealed with a rubber boot and rtv but I think the Perclorethelene or whatever fluid is used to clean the gun (approved spray) might penetrate the rubber protection on the switch and kill the contacts.
Mis assembly will cause the safety to not allow firing. Additionally, If the nail "nose" is not extended far enough the fan / trigger circuit won't fire. Possibly you don't have the nose extended far enough.
Also as long as you are at it clean out the hot melt nail strip adhesive from the piston rod slide rail. (the thing that drives the nail is the piston rod) The trough behind it gets loaded up with hot melt from running hard on a hot day. the symptom is that the piston doesn't return home after driving a nail. Oil it up and work out the leftovers. Rare but there.
Let me know what happens.
PS the factory people occasionally run clinics where they bring them back to life for free at the contractor hardware stores (Neu's in Milwaukee is one )
On mine the depth adjustment screws on the front of the unit back themselves out occasionally. They catch against the safety mechanism and keep the gun from firing. The safety mechanism stops just shy of enough to let the motor run. This seems to happen when it vibrates around in the truck toolbox for several days.
I had this problem as well with the paslode I just bought. I found that if I just lightly tapped on the battery it would start working again. I have to do it a few times during a days work, but it does work. I's like the battery doesn't quite go in all the way....
good luck!
One of my bosses bought one used, and when I went to test it, I found a similar problem. What I found is that the safety thing on the nose of the tool was not depressing far enough to activate it. I took out the nails and manually pulled back on the safety, and heard the familiar whirr. Yeah, so it's not the recommended way of checking, but it worked. Maybe what you need is a new tip.
Terry,
A little feedback buddy! Whassup with the tool , oh yea we care about you too.