AfterDark
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Got this today looking forward to getting it back in the water where it belongs. Also a history lesson from VDH thank you Luis.
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Any planned upgrades?
HPR?
Cyclone or Phoenix?
I assume it has a long yoke so a banjo might be useful...
The Hookah Port adapters are becoming difficult to find....
DBE?
DSV?
HPR?
Cyclone or Phoenix?
I assume it has a long yoke so a banjo might be useful...
The Hookah Port adapters are becoming difficult to find....
DBE?
DSV?
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AfterDark
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All that is as yet to be determined. I'm leaning toward a Phoenix a HPR and a silicone diaphragm. But that has to wait until it arrives and I disassemble and inspect it. There may be other things it needs/I want, like a 3000psi yoke.
I'm not concerned with LPs or HPs at least now but, I like options. Right now I'm diving my JET AIR Sea Hunt style no SPG no BCD. Just a bacpac, harness w/ crotch strap, J valve, I expect to do the same with my new toy.
I'm a bit jealous.
Wish I was using mine... just had to cancel our vacation in Tobermory next week....
I would rebuild it and add a HPR, silicone diaphragm and a duckbill eliminator then dive it. You can always add more later and you will want those additions with a Phoenix anyway. The old yoke is OK at 3K, many of us have used them as well as the military.
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AfterDark
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So it's update time. I received the regulator, disassembled and inspected everything I intended to reuse. I got a Cyclone 1st stage and a HPR 2nd stage, a duckbill eliminator, and a new silicone main diaphragm. I didn't know the main spring was sold separately so I reused the old one.
I have hit a snag, I have no way to set the IP. Nothing I have fits the hookah port, VDH is out of stock and Herman doesn't have anything.
Does anyone have anything I can use to assemble a test setup they'd like to sell? Or any ideas how I can get this done?
I have hit a snag, I have no way to set the IP. Nothing I have fits the hookah port, VDH is out of stock and Herman doesn't have anything.
Does anyone have anything I can use to assemble a test setup they'd like to sell? Or any ideas how I can get this done?
Ok you have shamed me.....stand by. 
IIRC, there might be a gas fitting....
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AfterDark
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HVAC store? Worth a trip, good thinking!
Herman you shouldn't be ashamed. Bryan however has out of stock on that item and several other items! I am however standing by!
I put the reg together hand tighten the body ring and set the IP by guess, hope, set the 2nd stage got it all together and mounted it on a 72. WOW! They all breath good on the surface put I noticed a big difference from the single stage. It's not ready for the water yet but I am very optimistic!
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