I have an old, early 80's vintage Dacor BC with a bladder failure. The bladder was designed to be replaceable, but the BC has no identification other than the name DACOR. Does anyone have any advice on where I might look to find a replacement bladder. This BC has the old CO2 cartridge on the lower right front. The BC is in great shape other than the bladder.
Old Dacor BC Parts?
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We had some of those in the SDSU dive club in the 80's as well as some sherwood BC's that were virtually identical.
The local dive shop here has a couple of new old stock Sherwood BC's for sale from that era if you can't find a bladder for your Dacor.
The internal bladder/external shell design was common with just about every manufacturer (except Scubapro) and tended to trap sand between the two that then ground holes in the bladder. It's ironic and indicitive that people do not learn from history that this approach is used with BP wings today.
The local dive shop here has a couple of new old stock Sherwood BC's for sale from that era if you can't find a bladder for your Dacor.
The internal bladder/external shell design was common with just about every manufacturer (except Scubapro) and tended to trap sand between the two that then ground holes in the bladder. It's ironic and indicitive that people do not learn from history that this approach is used with BP wings today.
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Try these guys:
Older Dacor parts are still available. Scuba Repair Express in Tavernier has plenty
of parts as posted earlier on this site. Mares bought out Dacor as stated in earlier
posts to take over a greater share of the US market. They immediately dropped all
of the older "Dacor" products and replaced them with all Mares made units.
That's why similar products are marketed under different names. We stocked up on
older Dacor parts and still have them in good supply. The regulators and BC's are
all servicable. I would imagine there are others in the industry that did the same
thing so it would just be a matter of finding who has the parts for your particular
regulator. If you have difficulty in finding someone that can service Dacor models
back through the Olympic line give us a call at 1-800-649-4659. Our technicians
are factory trained, we have all the specifications and "factory" parts.
If you're coming to the Keys you can mail your regs to us and we'll have it ready
when you get down here. If you're not coming to the Keys, mail it down and we can
have it back to you within about a week to 10 days depending on how busy we are
at the time. Don't give up, help is only a phone call away.
_________________________
www.diverscityusa.com
Scuba Repair Express
mail@diverscityusa.com
Older Dacor parts are still available. Scuba Repair Express in Tavernier has plenty
of parts as posted earlier on this site. Mares bought out Dacor as stated in earlier
posts to take over a greater share of the US market. They immediately dropped all
of the older "Dacor" products and replaced them with all Mares made units.
That's why similar products are marketed under different names. We stocked up on
older Dacor parts and still have them in good supply. The regulators and BC's are
all servicable. I would imagine there are others in the industry that did the same
thing so it would just be a matter of finding who has the parts for your particular
regulator. If you have difficulty in finding someone that can service Dacor models
back through the Olympic line give us a call at 1-800-649-4659. Our technicians
are factory trained, we have all the specifications and "factory" parts.
If you're coming to the Keys you can mail your regs to us and we'll have it ready
when you get down here. If you're not coming to the Keys, mail it down and we can
have it back to you within about a week to 10 days depending on how busy we are
at the time. Don't give up, help is only a phone call away.
_________________________
www.diverscityusa.com
Scuba Repair Express
mail@diverscityusa.com
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