Scubapro Pilot

[rhwestfall]

How do I tell if i have a regular or modular poppet ?

From my old Air1 findings, the presence of a screw assembling it together.

 

[Golan68]

this rejuvinated Pilot needs to be "downgraded" to original pilot valve. does anyone have the Pilot guts [it has the Air 1 internals]

 

[rsingler]

Beautiful job!
Re-chroming is almost impossible here in the US anymore.

 

[rsingler]

Finally got around to annotating a schematic with my thoughts as to o-rings.
Criticism welcome (example: I've found duro 50 seems to work better on the poppet bottom than the specified 70. Part #24).

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

Finally got around to annotating a schematic with my thoughts as to o-rings.
Criticism welcome (example: I've found duro 50 seems to work better on the poppet bottom than the specified 70. Part #24).

Thanks Rob, looking forward to receiving your kit and going through the original manual.

 

[AfterDark]

Thanks Rob, look forward to receiving your kit and going through the original manual.

When you get yours up and running you should try using both ports from 2 1st stages. If it works as well as it does on the AIR1 the difference is noticeable. I left the AIR1 in pre-dive mode when I tested on land and didn't notice at first! It breathed at least as well as any regulator I've used. When I checked the switch and tried again, WOW! It is like a double hose regulator, that is it feels like your breathing in a room, there's no sense of air rushing into the second stage when you inhale.

Good luck hope it works well for you.

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

When you get yours up and running you should try using both ports from 2 1st stages. If it works as well as it does on the AIR1 the difference is noticeable. I left the AIR1 in pre-dive mode when I tested on land and didn't notice at first! It breathed at least as well as any regulator I've used. When I checked the switch and tried again, WOW! It is like a double hose regulator, that is it feels like your breathing in a room, there's no sense of air rushing into the second stage when you inhale.

Good luck hope it works well for you.

Thanks i’m going to try that I have a couple of tanks here it’ll be interesting. I’ll let you know how well the Pilot works with dual hoses.

 

[Golan68]

Finally got around to annotating a schematic with my thoughts as to o-rings.
Criticism welcome (example: I've found duro 50 seems to work better on the poppet bottom than the specified 70. Part #24).

beautiful. I couldn't find the 002 in silicone and or duro50 , also the seat is tricky, I think it came soft to "save" the orfice, but if it's duro 70 epdm , it will be more repeatable and sensitive.

 

[Porchef]

I am in need of an O-ring kit for the original Pilot. I have a second air 1 converted pilot that I have slowly been gathering the parts needed to convert back to original.
I appreciate the list put together on this thread but do not know how to convert the numbers presented here to sizes to be able to order from a site like McMaster's. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[rsingler]

When you look on McMaster's website, there is an option to filter your search by AS568 "Dash Number", as well as durometer.

Just take the xx numbers in the schematic's 2-0xx annotation and select for xx. You'll get what you're looking for.