Well with the Echo 1 m14's a lot of times the trigger switch gets burnt a bit and doesnt make good contact, so it wont fire. You need to get the body off of the gun, and you should be able to fix the problem without taking the mechbox apart... you just simply sand down the piece that is burnt... I know this because I had an Echo 1 M14 and had the same problem. It shouldnt take much time at all really.