Hello,
I left Sandman a message about this so he can ignore that and get back to me here if he likes as I missed the posting about tech questions going here instead of calling.
Any who, I went through and replaced all the o-rings using a kit from the store and it seems my original valve pin had a manufacturing defect on the end where the little black retainer goes and thus the pin popped out without this part attached and the o-rings were stuck inside. Looking at the pin, there was a piece of metal burr that covered the slot where the black retainer would go so I'm inclined to think it was never there and just happened to work fine all this time until I disturbed it to replace these o-rings, but it is also possible it indeed was there and now may be lurking where the bolt goes.
I already gassed it up once with the bolt in and it leaked pretty badly at that spot since I removed the burr and was also unaware that the black retainer was supposed to be there so I suppose that could have launched the retainer into the bolt area, but looking with a flashlight, it looks clean from both ends. I also don't think I saw it sitting on top of the ULT assembly so I can double check that, but assuming that is also clean, should I remove the bolt and gas it up in the hopes to "blow out" that piece just to make sure or would that be a bad idea?
Besides ordering a new pin assembly, any thoughts on what I should do next or not worry since it looks clean?
Thanks!