snowdog61
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DiveAlert used to make an underwater 'quacker' called the Mini-Hammerhead. A fairly small but exceedingly annoying device that is way louder than their current version (of which I actually have 2 of but thankfully rarely ever use). My GF has the aforementioned Mini-Hammer - She is my spotter and finds lots of cool things for me to shoot so it is gladly tolerated - thankfully she too is well restrained in its use. The thing is, this thing has been dribbling air out of the button spring closure plug ever since we met. That is going on 3 years now and is something that annoys the bajeezus out of me. A nameless LDS had tried to fix it and succeeded only in buggering up the plugs' drive slot.. She relayed that the shop said it wasn't supposed to come apart after assembly which I said smelled of bovine excrement and figured they tried and failed and likely didn't want to completely trash it. They gave up and tried to save face. I contacted DiveAlert concerning parts and got a no-joy reply so was on my own. Anyways, after a good long soak and a light tap with a hammer, the cap came free quite easily (salt crystals seem to make a great loctite). I grabbed some calipers and got the part dimensions and checked it against the flattened o-ring and came up with with some numbers. I found an o-ring chart which showed two part numbers that would likely work - one of which I had on-hand (lucky me I thought!). It was 0.030 larger in cross-section but hey, I figured it would offer a bit more squeeze which would help stem the leak (more always equals better right?) I replaced the o-ring and began tightening the plug down flush to where it was previously (some of you can see where this is heading). Working to get that last bit, I heard the dreaded 'pop' of something letting go and the closure plug was now at a strange angle in its hole - sure enough I fixed it good and split it right at the thread root. DOH!!! Thankfully she has a spare that suffers the same leak. Hopefully some of this will stick and I won't have a repeat performance.
Oh, and if anyone has some hammerhead parts they want to unload.......
Oh, and if anyone has some hammerhead parts they want to unload.......
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