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Post by nikeajax on Mar 26, 2020 8:08:20 GMT -8
Mother truckdriver! I don't s'pose you could use some of your famous glue to patch it can you?
JB
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Post by vance on Mar 26, 2020 8:13:20 GMT -8
I did that. It sticks and seals, but it's an inflexible line of glue on a place that flexes. I backed it up with rtv on the other side, but would never trust it to hold in use.
The thing to do when installing the clamp is take the screw out and wrap the clamp around the diaphragm in place, then install the screw.
Edit: The RTV seems to be holding behind the CA glue (which is cracking up). I pulled pretty hard on it to see if it would let go, but it didn't. So, maybe for a lake dive in shallow water, the diaphragm will work. It's an extra, so I don't really plan to use it.
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Post by nikeajax on Mar 26, 2020 14:26:09 GMT -8
Hey, um, I split the toe pocket on my Seafins: do you think that glue would work on them? JB
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Post by vance on Mar 26, 2020 16:41:27 GMT -8
At $2-3 a tube, I'd say try it out. The stuff sticks.
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Post by vance on Jul 3, 2020 18:24:12 GMT -8
OMG. I would never have thought it possible. My broken, coverless DivAir is ready to go diving! This is a miracle. This poor thing was destined for the scrap heap. I fixed the broken body, Jeff H made the repro diaphragm, and James made the new cover. Thanks to Jeff for his silicone casting skills and James for his 3D printing skills!
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Post by scubalawyer on Jul 3, 2020 20:24:45 GMT -8
Awesome! Another piece of history saved from extinction.
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Post by nikeajax on Jul 4, 2020 7:06:01 GMT -8
Jeeeze PY, ya know, I think James might get bored if you didn't keep finding him these fun little projects to keep him entertained OK, no excuses for this one, this is an open water reg, RIGHT! JB
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Post by vance on Aug 16, 2020 20:28:17 GMT -8
The formerly brutalized DivAir, now named the 3D DivAir, made actual bubbles in the water today in its first pool test. My friend Gary had his first DivAir experience! It breathes like a DivAir....
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Post by vance on Sept 21, 2020 14:44:35 GMT -8
I just received a DivAir Model F from Rob at The Scuba Museum. This one works, locks up tight, and has no corrosion, except for the brass diaphragm band. Ha! Vance knows how to handle that problem, eh? I will match it up with a new-to-me Hope-Page I scored last week.
Of course, the diaphragm is non-existent, but our pal Jeff will make me a new one. The best part is the cover has beautiful chrome and both labels are perfect. Score! I think this one is my keeper....
I will post pics tomorrow. I love me a DivAir. I'll buy most any I come across.
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Post by nikeajax on Sept 21, 2020 15:21:31 GMT -8
PY, very looking forward to seeing it! JB
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Post by vance on Sept 22, 2020 7:46:14 GMT -8
Not yet disassembled and cleaned. It won't look much different when it is!
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Post by vance on Sept 22, 2020 8:16:59 GMT -8
I just merged this post with this existing thread, since there's nothing new in it.
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Post by nikeajax on Sept 22, 2020 9:51:06 GMT -8
PY, this has the dual-levers, right? How many does this make, five, six, seven?
JB
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Post by vance on Sept 22, 2020 10:39:46 GMT -8
I have 1 aluminum one and 4 plastic, one of which is the 3D DivAir this thread is mainly about. I've had 10 or so in all, 2 aluminum and the rest plastic. Do you mean dual lever adjusters? This one does have both. I've only seen 1 that doesn't have both adjusters. I tried out the aluminum-bodied one at the pool at the same time the 3D Divair got wet a few weeks ago. The alu one didn't breathe as easily. I think it has to do with the difference between the early and late two fingered lever. The later one helps direct air down the channel. The new one has the best cover of any of the plastic regs I've seen. Nice thick chrome is unusual on the later models. It has a numbers-only serial, so likely, it's correct. I've assembled it with the new (but repaired) diaphragm and a new stainless retainer band, then tried it on a tank. Perfect! The new diaphragm has been ordered, but probably won't get made for a while.
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Post by vance on Sept 22, 2020 15:37:40 GMT -8
Just to clarify, a bit, about DivAir bodies/covers, levers, etc., the company responsible for repairs, updates, and such, offered an upgrade for the cast metal (aluminum) C series regs to fiberglass. The aluminum units were prone to corrosion and electro chemical issues. Many of the DivAir C regs have been upgraded.
It appears that a customer would send a regulator in for upgrading, and the techs would take the valve body, levers, reserve mechanism, cover, etc., and shift it over to a new fiberglass body. This explains why a plastic regulator might have older style parts in it and a serial number beginning with C.
I hope anyone with information about these regs will step up. Mark (SL), your friend Sam knows a lot about this stuff, right?
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