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Its a terrible tragedy, I knew Peter very well, and have known him for probably over 20 years, and have dived a number of times with him. He was a very experienced, very conscientious diver and so was Adele From my understanding the investigation is on going so I believe we just need to...

:D - Ha, Ha, lets just say I had a good chuckle and leave it there...........;) ---------- Post added June 11th, 2014 at 04:02 PM ---------- Yes, the Trident mushroom seats should fit. ---------- Post added June 11th, 2014 at 04:14 PM ---------- Indeed those old pacers were great, I...

The VS first stage is mostly an Apeks, the demand valve uses Apeks parts but is a Beuchat design, some small differences. The VX first is definitely a Beuchat design, they had stopped using Apeks designs by then, they did however continue using some Apeks soft parts, this however is common in...

Aah,...Yes, you are correct, the very first versions were mostly re-branded Apeks, a few small cosmetic changes but, Yeah, correct. The VX versions however moved away from the Apeks relationship and was largely an in house designed Beuchat reg. One of their better units as well, as you say, its...

Its a simple M25X2 Metric valve, nothing special, they are available everywhere. Valve bodies seldom crack and if its only losing 5 bar a week its a minor leak, could be the valve thread O-Ring as well but most likely the valve seat. Immerse it in water and see where it is leaking, if its out...

Been scratching around for that Bc I promised to post, eventually found it in one of my old bags, along with a few old Beuchat regs, all of which work perfectly as I jumped into the pool to check, not bad for laying in a bag for a few years. :D Just thought I would add a set of Beuchat period...

I have never done it with a modern commercial dive operator, but did it unofficially many times in the past with some local commercial fishing boat operators who "sidelined" taking out divers. It was a real rough and ready affair and you had to endure your gear reeking of dead fish for a few...

Ha, Ha, Yeah, Bubbles in the oil it was, what a nightmare,... I recon you are right though probably "scared and scarred" a few folk for life. Glory,......... I also only saw now its 8 months odd old.... :D :shocked2: ...Oh well.!

The trips are usually long because the sardines obviously move up the coast, so by diving over a 7 day period the boats can follow the shoal for quite a long time launching in various spots up the coast if need be. However many of the operators offer day trips out as well, the problem is because...

Personally I would say you have valve issues, I ran three K14's for years and never had any luck cleaning valves, for me anyway, it was a non starter. I would almost certainly do a complete valve job (new valves) and work from there. I had a "similar" issue with one of my K14's which was...

The Owner who ran the distribution out of Cypress Creek Ft Lauderdale was a Mr Francois Alvarez, his brother Marc Alverez ran the French side. The manager they employed was a Mr Robert Quintana who was very good for the brand I thought and did a tremendous job of getting it into the shops. You...

Yes, you are right. In the early / mid 90's they made a good attempt at entering the US market with a factory owned distribution / run centre in Ft Lauderdale run by one of the owners, and at the time I believe and they were starting to see results, but for whatever reasons, they did move to a...

Indeed Faber's are very good cylinders, having visited the Faber factory a few times I can vouch for the R&D and quality control that goes into their production. When I think back to the old Jos Heiser factory in Austria (now owned by Worthington) and the technology, R&D and machinery they...

:D Indeed Indeed, nice to see a real trusty old Master lift BC in such good condition. Indeed, the pockets flaps were detachable so you could colour combine with your reg etc. I think I may still have one here as well, but not in such good condition. Tough old performer, and, if I could say...

Correct, its an old Beuchat VX4 with a basic VS second stage. The VX4 was a balanced piston reg and was bullet proof. They lasted forever with almost no maintenance, and if its still good I would have no hesitation in diving it. Its biggest fault was it was a noisy breather as the air...

Fair enough, it seems it was very local though, I never saw anything about it up here, maybe it would be a good idea to try and be a bit more national to increase the foot print and get bigger and better sponsors / prizes etc. As in most festivals, its a numbers game, the more entrants you get...

Oh, thats unfortunate, any reason?

Cant see you needing more dives, many people do their qualifying dives at Aliwal. I recon you will be fine. As we are coming into winter this is actually a good time to go dive there as the conditions are more stable, but as Xyrandomyx mentions its a different dive, maybe a little harder on an...

Shucks forgot all about it. Maybe next year. :D

Yes, I hear what you say Iyadiver, locally as I mentioned almost everyone uses Shell Corena S2 P150 as it is the most easily available. I am not sure which oil Bauer locally uses and I am not familiar with the N28355 serial number you mention, locally I mostly see N22138 which is a mineral oil...