Looking for Help

[bfd04]

Good afternoon,

I am reaching out to the Northern NJ members in order to find someone to fix my, well at this point vintage regulators. I was working with a tech at one of the LDS's here in North Jersey who helped me locate the parts I needed for him to fix the regs, but before I could get the parts to him he was injured and has not returned to work. The LDS owner will not give me any contact info for this person, why I dont know as the store can't or won't attempt to fix them, so I am now sitting on the parts and regulators until I can find someone who can and will fix them. If anyone knows someone who fixes vintage regulators would you kindly let me know their contact info.
Thanks
John

 

[PfcAJ]

What kind of regulator is it?

 

[bfd04]

Dacor Extreme Plus

 

[northernone]

While I don't love the reg or it's 20+ oring complexity, perhaps @DA Aquamaster would be willing to service it for you.

Good job tracking down the service kits.

Cameron

 

[-JD-]

If you can't find someone more local, you might give John a call at NorthEast Scuba Supply (Northeast Scuba Supply 610-631-2288) near Norristown, PA (NW of Philly). He may be able to do it in-house or know of someone who can. It looks like he carries after-market seats for the Extreme.

 

[tbone1004]

what he said ^ call John at Northeast. He's as crazy as they come when it comes to servicing just about anything.

 

[bfd04]

Unfortunately John from NE Scuba does not service Dacor. He was the first person I went to when I heard he had some New Dacor regulators, which I don't even see on the website anymore. He does have just a couple HP seats, but my issue is the LP seats in the second stage, which no one has made an aftermarket replacement for.
Thanks for all the suggestions so far, eventually I'll find someone or just give up and use my modern serviceable regs.

 

[RandomGuy1]

You could try air tech in Raleigh NC. They list Dacor as one they don't service, but since you have the parts already they may do it.

 

[tbone1004]

unlikely airtech would touch it.
@herman any suggestions?

 

[herman]

I finally found the reg in my manuals. That thing is a mess, a bunch of orings. The HP stage came as an assembly and appears not the be replaced unless it's giving trouble, it was not supplied in the annual or overhaul kit. The manuals show it as an assembly only, no separate parts or breakdown are shown, I have no clue if or how you can get it apart. Odds of finding one is pretty slim. Also, you need a special adapter to test the sealed depth compensation parts.....highly unlikely you will find anyone with the adapter. Pretty much the same for the second stage, lots of odd parts and overly complicated. I can't imagine anyone wanting to mess with it. As much as I like to keep regs going, this one is likely best used as a paperweight. And for what it's worth, it's no where near vintage, it was made in the early 90s.