Super stocker won't hold air

[HBPredhunter]

Ok so I've got a stocker that's about 15 years old, 10 years in storage. Put a 12 g in it and it blows air down the barrel.
pulled the grip off, rva out, pulled the valve.
looked like the valve stem seal had a blow out.
Ordered the valve kit from palmer website, came quick.
Installed valve stem and body oring.

Same exact problem. Is there a seal I'm missing? Not in tight enough? The main jam nut is just finger tight.

There was no loctite on anything, btw.

[TencenT]

Assuming it's similar to pretty much every other kind of marker, the valve body itself has at least one o-ring on it, is that still good? And of course, you did cock it first to get the hammer off the valve pin?

Nice color fade!

[F1FX]

not a SS but similar internal setup. More than likely you need to replace the #12 o-ring.

[Loophole]

Yep, you are going to have to pull of VASA and replace the -012 oring. That's a unique little build you have.

[Jordan]

Yep, you are going to have to pull of VASA and replace the -012 oring. That's a unique little build you have.

That's going to leak down and around the lower tube setup, not down the barrel.

It sounds more like he needs to replace the valve oring and then tighten the jam nut - finger tight is NOT tight enough.

And NO LOCTITE, anywhere. Please. Except for the VASA if you pull it.

[Loophole]

Right, brain fart. Leaking down the lowertube can often sound like down the barrel, but it does look like it has a plug for the lower tube which would more than likely pop out if the -012 o ring was the culprit.

[Drcemento]

look for gooped up old valve o-ring still in the body to. if it is a barrel leak the above info is good, at close to 15 years however, that little 012 o-ring is almost certainly going to need replacement soon, which means pulling that VASA, which means potentially heat and jacking up your sweet fade. the vasa's were typically red loc-tited in.

[HBPredhunter]

Ok, it's gotta be the 12 oring in vasa. Had no idea that was there. I can use a soldering iron to apply heat to a fasteners.... but where is the bolt that holds the vasa on???

[HBPredhunter]

Does anyone know what size oring this is under vasa cover?
ps- use a soldering iron to heat a vasa from the inside, comes with off with padded vise, no damage to powder coat.