Hello, I'm really pretty new to the forums and I am a little nervous about posting this, but I need some help from all you experts. I am really a paintball noob so any help or suggestion is appreciated.

I will try to make this as clear as possible. I have a tippmann 98 custom platinum. My question is about rerouting the air so that I can use the commando air-through stock and a remote line. What I would like to do is remove the bottom line completely and run the air straight to the fitting in the stock using a series of 90 degree elbows and some macroline. I have attempted this setup with steel braided line but ran into several problems. (They send a long braided line with the stock, but the fitting only works on the non-platinum valve). I hope these pictures work and make it more clear what I am talking about

In this one I had ordered several different lengths of braided line and none of them really fit. But it shows the general idea.


So I basically gave up on that idea and thought maybe macroline was the answer. In this situation I thought I could get maybe two straight fittings (yellow boxes) and just cut the line to fit. Like this:


If this is possible I still have two problems. 1) I would have to cut a hole in the front part of the split receiver here:

I am wondering if that would mess up how the receiver seals or something. And 2) the valve for the platinum series has a compression fit to the braided line, therefore I can't use the 90 degree elbows with that valve. I had thought maybe I could just buy an older style valve (with a threaded fitting) and put it in the platinum power tube and use that. The problem I think is that the powertube/valve will not be held in place (the older 98c has two screws and a plastic nub that holds it in place. My thought was that I could possibly drill holes and order the screws but I would also have to order the older power tube and drill another hole in my receiver for the nub thing. Would this work? Or is it more likely to completely destroy my maker? Here is what I am talking about:

Also I have a remote line with a slide check that I used with CO2 and I was wondering if it would work with an HPA tank since I assume I would need to switch because of the macroline. Any suggestions on the best way to go about this would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

The only seal to worry about on the Platinum series receiver is the o-ring for the RT and Cyclone connection points. It sits in a groove around that area and the power tube rests against it.

Your current remote line will be fine if you decide to go to HPA. If HPA fills are not readily available I would stick with CO2 and carry extra macro line in case of blow outs. The only time I have personally encountered a macro line blow out with CO2 is when using continuous high rates of fire.

In theory you should only have to order an old style valve and slide it into the power tube of the Platinum series. If drilling the mounting holes for the valve will interfere with the o-ring for the RT and Cyclone connections then you may have to get the old style power tube.

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While getting a recently remodeled room put back together I found I have a spare M98 power tube w/o the nub. If it turns out you need an older style power tube and don't plan on putting a Response Trigger or Cyclone Feed on your marker let me know. You can have my extra part. I probably will never have a use for it.

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Thanks for the input. I recall reading somewhere that if you simply put the older valve in the newer tube (which I tried, but embarrassing as it is failed because I put it in backwards and broke it) if you do that then the power tube will not remain stationary in the marker because the compression bottom line fitting on the newer valve is what holds it in place (instead of the valve being tapped for those two screws). Does that make sense? Like I would need the older power tube also and I would need to anchor it in place by drilling holes for the screws in the receiver? Or maybe I could use the newer power tube but I would still need the holes drilled in the tube and receiver because otherwise there is nothing to anchor it in place. Is this correct? and if so my question is, would it be ok to drill these holes in the receiver? (I don't plan on adding a cyclone feed or anything)

The square "hex" nut (Tippmann calls it a hex nut, but it is square) below the valve on the Platinum Series (PS) is what holds it in place. On the non-platinum 98's the two screws on the right side hold the valve in place.

You can drill the PS power tube for the screw holes. Like I stated before the only issue I really foresee is the placement of the o-ring on the inside of the right receiver. The screws needed to hold the non-platinum series valve in place could cause an issue with the o-ring being properly seated. If that is the case you would have two options. The first is to get a 98 Custom (non platinum series) power tube and drill the receiver for the nub. The second is to get a power tube from the original Model 98 as it did not have the nub for the accessory port.

Come to think of it, the only reason the o-ring is there is to make sure air goes to the accessory ports. Since you don't plan on using a RT or Cyclone you could just not worry about it. You could get some blow by that heads to the bolt or up into the hopper though.

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