Upgrading Army L85

Admin wrote:^For parts, if you just want to do the gearbox, it'll be $40-50.
If you want to upgrade the hopup bucking (which I HIGHLY recommend), add another $8-12.
That's the price if you want to do it yourself. If you're good with electronics/machines, and have a teammate/friend that can help you if you get stuck, you could probably get by doing it yourself.
Here's some instructional videos for the L85: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMl-LRElKZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxMbpubitoA
Although shimming will prove to be a challenge if you've never worked on gearboxes before.
If you want rhino to do it, it'll be an extra $40? (correct me if I'm wrong).
You'll probably need a 9.6v. Just judging from what the RoF difference between your battery and my battery was at the game, I can tell you that your battery will have a hard time pulling an M120. A 9.6v mini will probably be about $30.

Saiyaman wrote:ok, so pardon my noob question but. When you mean do the gearbox, you mean upgrade the spring and piston and reshim right? Not get a new gearbox or anything.
No, by "do the gearbox", I mean just upgrade the gearbox and not the hopup. You shouldn't need a new gearbox shell. I'm not sure if they even make aftermarket shells for the L85 since it's not one of the standard Marui designs.

That doesn't seem very expensive. Ok, now what is the benefit of upgrading the hop up bucking?
Increased accuracy and range. Swapping a stock clone bucking for a good aftermarket one is probably a better bang-for-your-buck upgrade than anything else you can do.

I have another problem in that my battery takes a large connector, but it won't fit large batteries, it's made for minis. I know I can buy a plug adopter to make it easier but another option my friend was speaking of is to cut the wires and retip the large connector. Have you tried or seen anyone try that?
Yep, I did it to my G36. A new connector is like 50 cents-$1.


For about 60ish I can do everything but the battery. I think I will head down on Thursday the 26th. My only concern is that is just 2 days away from the skirmish, If things don't work out, I will be in trouble.
I would not recommend upgrading this close to a game, especially if you're doing the upgrades yourself. If the gun will get the job done as it is, the just play with it like it is for now. I'd just wait until after the game. If you're having rhino do the upgrades, you could probably just give it to him after the game, and if not, you could maybe talk to rhino, tak, or zartan ahead of time and arrange to buy the parts at the game.

Thanks for the help, and the videos.

Oh last question for parts, do I need to know which parts I will require or can I figure that out at the shop? I'd have a general idea of what you want, and make sure that they have compatible pistons before you go there.