OK friends, the job was finally completed yesterday. I installed a Vortek PG4 Tune kit in my TX200 rifle. After I stripped it all down, I used isopropyl alcohol to thoroughly clean everything, inside and out. As advertised in the various YouTube videos, strip-down took less than ten minutes. That is except for that tiny metal circlet restraining the pin in the cocking arm. That little bugger took me 30 minutes to get off. Old eyes and arthritic fingers made what should have been a fun project hard. All the gures on the Tube make it look quick and simple . . . but not for me! OK once I'll stop tantrum, at least for now. Now, everything gets a thorough cleaning, inside and out with isopropyl alcohol. Still, this part of the job, although stress free, took about an hour. The rifle is now grease and dirt free. It's time to install the Vortek kit. First, I did an R/R on the piston seal. The new one from Vortek is molybdenum impregnated. . . interesting, never heard of this one before. Following the directions, I didn't apply any grease hereon. Next, onto the spring and attached spring guide and top hat. The kit comes with a small amount of what looks like a red and tacky grease. Diverting from the directions, I applied black tar impregnated with molybdenum. Lots of opinions about this, but I followed my limit5³ed experience by applying the black tar. I should also add that Vortek states that no further lubrication need be added to their springs. With the bit of grease I applied, my TX should fire smooth and quiet. I also applied a smidgen (that's technical term) of the tar with molybdenum around the compression chamber piston bearings. I also applied a smidgen (there’s that word again) of the moly grease at the end of the top hat and spring guide. Ar this point I decided to replace to 2 breachseals. . N. ow, I 'm ready for re-assembly. I'm a bit more than two hours into my project now. Still love'n it. I don't really know of the "professionmethod to get this all back together, but here's what I did: first the compression tube went in, followed by the pistio with the new fancy seal. This is followed by the mainspring assembly, top hat first. I next went to the cocking arm assembly: I first slid the cocking shoe back into the bottom of the compression tube. Next, I just barely dipped the cocking arm into the moly grease and re-installed into the cocking shoe. Now I replaced the other end of the arm into place with it's pin and circlet, which went back on much easier than it came off. We're almost done here now!. It's time to install the trigger bloc back into the rifle, compression the mainspring, and put the bolt back, holding it all together. I've watched all the videos and all the guys easily compress the mainspring with one arm while they reinstall that final bolt. I'm a wuss guys. I simply couldn't do it!. I ended calling a neighbor over to help compress the mainspring while I carefully (one doesn't want to cross the threads heres) re-installed the bolt. Whew, hard parts done now. It's time for a final wipe down with a Balistol impregnated rag to remove any excess grease and get this rifle bact into it's stock. Before I do however, I'm going to place adhesive backed 3/4" felt strips along all the places where the wood of the stock and the cold steal of the rifle come together. Will this further reduce any vibration? I hope so. Have I forgotten anything? One last check. Stock is on and my TX200 is ready to shoot, quietly and smoothly, I hope. All told, I've now got about 3 and a half hours on this job, before clean-up.I'm eager to see what my Athlon Chronograph has to say about my tune. Oh oh, looks like rain. Most of today, Sunday its been wet and tomorrow the same. Patience, Orv, patience. Range day is coming , . . Orv
I am messing with a custom trigger blade on mine currently but no matter what I do its a creepy break. I may slap the sloppy (side to side from pin boss wear) original back in and see if its a design flaw with the new blade? 
