I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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True dat. Dear, dear @Couv is rolling over in his grave, what with the parts count and lack of chrome, but we always did agree to disagree on that.I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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But I did learn something right away...
Tuning a TFX to 0.7" makes it SO twitchy. It would freeflow at the drop of a hat out of my mouth. Turning the Venturi vane to Min didn't help. Standard technique for shutting off freeflow (inverting the reg mouthpiece down, and then slowly turning it upright as it fills with water) didn't work. I had to slowly turn the reg on its side and allow case gas to leak out the exhaust valve and tee, and fill with water with the mouthpiece horizontal. It would start flowing in any other position. That was clearly untenable for standard diving, where leaving it in the standard secondary position might trigger the valve as you swam.
So for the third set of tests, I retuned the TFX to 1.1". That's still below where the factory set it (at 1.3"), and I don't know what spec cracking effort limits are, but that change made it behave much better, with almost no discernable effect (see below).
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Out of curiosity ... in a pinch, would those work for the cap?Teaser: you'll also need external circlip pliers with small pins...
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Don't do it, in a pinch, more like scratch.Out of curiosity ... in a pinch, would those work for the cap?