Attention MK-15 aficionados

[BenjaminF]

You're not getting your girlfriend's hint. Buy 2 sets of everything, so that she has her own set.

 

[lowviz]

Reminds me of one of my all-time favorite SB quotes:
(What's the most solid reg for the best price?)

...//... Buy yourself a backup Mk17/G250V and let your boyfriend use it. Boyfriends come and boyfriends go, some stay longer than others. But a good regulator will last a lifetime.

Richard

 

[rnln]

Oh mine. I accidentally ran into this thread and so sad after reading through it... I just bought a used MK15 thinking it is better than my MK10 because it's a newer version

May I ask how is It coming through?

 

[lowviz]

Suggestion: Unload your MK15 on someone who wants it. Parts are a beast to get, many technicians never opened one, and newer is not always better.

A pair of tens is really hard to beat.

 

[Couv]

I just bought a used MK15 thinking it is better than my MK10 because it's a newer version

As a performer, in some ways it is better than a MK10- I think those issues have been covered.

In other ways, i.e. getting parts and service @lowviz is right on the money.

Parts are a beast to get, many technicians never opened one, and newer is not always better.

Suggestion: Unload your MK15 on someone who wants it.

Contrary to my advice in post #3, because I have seen a few of these on my bench since then, I don't know if I would still agree with unloading it. If it's working fine use it until it's not or if you can find parts you are golden for another few years.

 

[Angelo Farina]

Suggestion: Unload your MK15 on someone who wants it. Parts are a beast to get, many technicians never opened one, and newer is not always better.

A pair of tens is really hard to beat.

Lowviz, perhaps you are interested in getting that MK15 and do a swap with a MK10, as you did with my one. I was very happy of the swap!
What I am searching now is the SPEC rubber boot for the MK10, so that I can saturate it with silicon grease, as I did with my two newer MK5... The two older ones have no SPEC, unfortunately.

 

[lowviz]

I have three MK15's that were converted and I wanted yours just because it is an original unconverted one. I wanted your regulator more for historical reasons and curiosity than anything else. They all work great, BTW. So, no. One is enough.

I'm finishing up a big project with defogging masks, MK10 and MK15 SPEC boots are next. I owe @raftingtigger a reply for her generous supply of printed SPEC boot forms. I'll restart that project next, so maybe we will all get boots...

 

[rnln]

Hi lowviz,
May I ask why you have to downgrade, using the hex retainer from the older type which rsinger posted that VDH has the seat?
Store | Vintage Double Hose

 

[lowviz]

I have three converted MK15's that I really like even though they are 'odd birds'. I see endless references to the original MK15 that has the hex adjustment for the IP. REALLY odd bird, LP only.

I wanted one, I now have one. I'm happy.

 

[rnln]

oh ok, so you want to use the hex retainer for the adjusting purpose, not because you have the seat available?
Thanks.