RSM Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Check your motor tab connections, had similar happen with mine every now and again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 the connections seem fine, the spades are pushed on tightly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RSM Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 The only other thing that comes to mind is the upper and lower receiver contacts managing to seperate. The design has some inherent upper/lower flex, which is why the upper receiver electrical contacts are sprung loaded but they only go so far. I would test this by flexing the gun, or the upper away from the lower clockwise and see if that inteferes, if it does then check that the upper contacts can move down fully. You can mod the housing by filing some of the plastic away too to allow the contacts to sit lower. Only other things that spring to mind is potential shorting of the connectors against the receiver or motor upchucking itself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 thanks for all the advice guys, took it apart agin and put a screw driver across the upper contacts and it fired, took the lower contacts to bits and they didnt look pretty at all, got a new set delivered today so hopefully that will solve the problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L85FREAK Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Since it is about time for me to buy a new rifle, I have been eyeing the L85 by ICS. I have a few questions I want answered before I proceed: 1. How bad is the double feeding issue on the gun? What mags does it work well with and which ones doesn't it? 2. I have read a few places about the tappet plate breaking, or other issues with them coming 20-minute-OOTB breakages. Anybody on here heard of one such problem from a reliable source? 3. I have heard a few niggles with the electrical trigger mechanism. Why is this a criticized part? Is it really worth fretting over? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 1) never had a problem with double feeding, brand wise i use mag, classic army and magpul all midcaps 2) Never seen it happen or heard of it either 3) As you can see from my above posts Ive had a problem with the lower conatcs burning out, the new set only turned up yesterday so wll have to see how long they last. Over all though I love this AEG, range is good, ROF is good, build quality is fantastic and of course it looks the dogs danglys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 What sucsess has anyone had with hop rubbers/nubs and TB inner barrels ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGBC Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I put a Promy Hop and Tight bore in my L86 and the range is radiculous. Need to measure it some time, get some numbers to back up my claims lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 hehe well I may have to go th promy route aswell, i guess the L85 inner barrle length is 509mm ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cyclone TAW Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Original barrel lenght was 485mm iirc, but a 509mm should do just fine aparently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 thanks for the info guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RSM Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 You might want to check your hop unit first. Depending on the 'gen' of the L85 you might be able to fit a normal inner barrel or you might need someone to machine some C clip lugs into a standard barrel for you. My L85 was one of the first in the UK and I found the inner barrel had C clip groves that were wider than normal and further up the barrel. At present I have tried a PDI 6.05 472mm barrel (bit shorter than stock, you can fit a 509 though this will be ever so slightly into the flashider) and I've got a Madbull 60 degree rubber running with a black H nub, I've previously tried a white one and I think this gives slightly better results on full auto at range. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 cheers for the heads up brought it last year in the summer so hoping it will be the version that takes standard inner barrels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RSM Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 With any luck it should, I think there was a mass outcry of "Whhhhy?" when people discovered the proprietary hop unit/barrel so by the time the LSW was released it was modified to accept standard barrels. I can't see ICS producing an L85 and L86 specific hop unit so all post LSW release SA80s should be 'standard' barrel compatible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
volante Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) Photos of my ICS L85A2 Edited March 5, 2011 by volante Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airsoftusa Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 My l85a2 needed a little touch up with lubing the magazine and hop up when i got it, but now it is a beast. It consistently fires about 400 fps and can hit a man sized target accurately up to 160 ft. The only problem is that with .2's the bbs tend to curve up. Besides that, this is the greatest gun i have ever bought and i plan to buy more ics guns. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonny2400 Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 The issue I have with mine is it's very loud, I had a G&G which was much quieter , another issue is mags dropping out and no am not hitting the release. Saying that mine was one of the early versions when it was just released. My kwa m4 out ranges it too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L85FREAK Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) Does anybody know if the Magpul Green Label E-mags will work with the ICS L85? My ICS L85 should be arriving later this week and I would like to have some midcap magazines that work with it. Edited April 3, 2011 by L85FREAK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 yep they work perfectly in mine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L85FREAK Posted April 3, 2011 Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Thanks for the fast response! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 no prbs mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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