How to convert your Star sizer to Air Feed !

How to convert your Star sizer to Air Feed !
1. Start by unscrewing the top cap with spindle, spring and piston.
2. Disassemble the assy. by removing the spindle, spring and piston from the top cap, this
is done by keep turning the handle counterclockwise while you hold onto the top cap.
3. Assemble spindle, spring and piston and store it in a safe place as you will need it to
restore your Star lube sizer to original condition should you want to do that at a later
time.
4. If you got this far without breaking anything, it’s definitely a good start.
5. Assemble top cap and pressure regulator, don’t over tighten this assembly as only a
little force is required.
6. Open hose clamp fully and install it around the lube cylinder on the Star lube sizer, it is
most convenient if the adjustment screw is located on the right hand side of the Star
lube sizer with the screw slot facing forward.
7. Assemble the hose clamp again around the lube cylinder, but only assemble, do not
tighten the hose clamp at this point.
8. Locate the air vent hole in the lube cylinder and place the flat rubber gasket over the
air vent hole, place the hose clamp over the rubber gasket while holding the rubber
gasket in place over the hole with one or two fingers.
9. Tighten the hose clamp over the flat rubber gasket with gasket and hose clamp
positioned/centered over the air vent hole in the lube cylinder, don’t over tighten the
hose clamp as this might damage the gasket.
10. You’re almost there.
11. If you normally use a hard lube that need a base heater, now is the time to turn it on
and wait until the Star has reached its working temperature.
12. Add your normal lube to your Star sizer, please remember that you need to save
enough space to fit the piston, top seal cap and o-ring, but that being said you should
be able to put much more lube in the sizer than you normally would.
13. Now put the new piston with the two o-rings on top of the lube with the small stud
with threads on facing upwards, it might feel like a tight fit but that is the way it should
be.
14. Push down the piston far enough to be able to fit the top seal cap in the lube cylinder
and just put the o-ring on top of the top seal cap, this o-ring don’t need to be centered.
15. Put the original top cap with the pressure regulator back in its place and again DON’T
over tighten the top cap.
16. Turn the pressure regulator so that the gauge faces forward/toward you in a clockwise
motion as this will tighten the seal a little more and make it so much easier to read the
dial.
17. Add compressed air to the top fitting and adjust the knob placed on the left side of the
pressure regulator so that the gauge reads between 60 and 75 psi. When this is done
the knob can be locked by gently pushing it towards the pressure regulator body until
a small “click” is heard.
18. Now is the time to listen for any leaks and correct them if you find any.
19. You’re done.
From top left to bottom right.
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Piston retraction tool.
Piston.
Pressure regulator.
Flat rubber gasket and hose clamp.
Top seal cap and o-ring.
2 extra o-rings for the piston and top seal cap.