Examine and Clean Lower Fluid Section Ball

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Repair A Graco 695 Airless Paint Sprayer Not Priming Properly.

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The Graco 695 sprayer is tilted back to provide a clear view into the lower fluid section. The internal ball is visible (shown in close-up). The goal is to check for any trapped debris, such as paint film, sticks, or blades of grass, that could impede the ball's movement and cause priming issues. A small flat-head screwdriver or needle-nose pliers can be used to carefully remove any foreign objects. If only a tiny piece of debris is present, sometimes running the sprayer on prime and lightly tapping the lower fluid section with a hammer can dislodge it.

Goal: Ensure the lower fluid section ball is free of debris to allow proper priming.

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Graco 695 Sprayer Graco

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going to tilt my sprayer back. I'm just going to look up inside there. Got a ball that moves up and down. Allows the paint to either go up or not go up inside the fluid [music] section. There's any debris in there. Just going to use a little tiny flathead screwdriver just to pull it out. And a pair of needlenose pliers. Make sure you don't scratch that ball or you could end up causing a problem with paint not priming properly. So, just reach up there, grab the debris. Just going to re put our hose back on and then you're good to go. Another good trick is prior to actually having to take everything apart, you could actually use a hammer to try to tap on your lower fluid section. If you if it's just a little tiny little piece of debris or something, sometimes just the hammer and some taps [music] will make it pass through. So, with the sprayer running and it's on prime, you just tap this lower fluid section like this, just very lightly, and sometimes that'll free it up.

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