I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I'm kind of new at this whole internet board thing.
I have a friend who's dad passed away recently. His dad was into diving in his younger days (when he was in the Navy) and had some gear laying around. My friend didn't know what to do with it so, knowing I was into diving also, he gave me the box.
Now I have a whole setup here, the first stage, two second stages, and a two gauge console and I have no idea if any of it are usable. The second stages are a Voit Swimaster MR-12 and the other just says "Calypso J". I believe that was made by Aqua-Lung, am I correct? I think the first stage is a Voit MR-12, just by finding pictures online. It looks like this one here (this image is not mine, just one that looks the same):
Now, I'm not looking to fix them up and sell them. What I would love to do is get them into good working condition and use them. For some reason, even though I'm a younger guy, I really like older gear. I can't really explain it, but to me there is just something a lot cooler about the older stuff.
They seem to be in pretty good shape, so I hooked them up to test them out. They seemed to free flow a bit but otherwise seemed ok. I cleaned them up a bit so the metal parts look good. I have no idea how long they were just sitting there in the box, but some of the rubber on the exterior looks a little rough. I opened them up, I'm by no means an expert but I didn't see anything that really screamed problem.
Basically, in all my ramblings here, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this gear, where I could get them rebuilt if needed, or where I could get parts for these things, and if they're still ok to dive. I took them to my local dive shop. I don't think they had even ever heard of Voit and looked at me like I had a third eye when I asked if they would be able to work on them.
So, sorry about the rambling and I would appreciate any help at all.
Thanks.
Nick
I have a friend who's dad passed away recently. His dad was into diving in his younger days (when he was in the Navy) and had some gear laying around. My friend didn't know what to do with it so, knowing I was into diving also, he gave me the box.
Now I have a whole setup here, the first stage, two second stages, and a two gauge console and I have no idea if any of it are usable. The second stages are a Voit Swimaster MR-12 and the other just says "Calypso J". I believe that was made by Aqua-Lung, am I correct? I think the first stage is a Voit MR-12, just by finding pictures online. It looks like this one here (this image is not mine, just one that looks the same):
![27A.jpg](http://images.andale.com/f2/104/108/8612695/2007/6/24/27A.jpg)
Now, I'm not looking to fix them up and sell them. What I would love to do is get them into good working condition and use them. For some reason, even though I'm a younger guy, I really like older gear. I can't really explain it, but to me there is just something a lot cooler about the older stuff.
They seem to be in pretty good shape, so I hooked them up to test them out. They seemed to free flow a bit but otherwise seemed ok. I cleaned them up a bit so the metal parts look good. I have no idea how long they were just sitting there in the box, but some of the rubber on the exterior looks a little rough. I opened them up, I'm by no means an expert but I didn't see anything that really screamed problem.
Basically, in all my ramblings here, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this gear, where I could get them rebuilt if needed, or where I could get parts for these things, and if they're still ok to dive. I took them to my local dive shop. I don't think they had even ever heard of Voit and looked at me like I had a third eye when I asked if they would be able to work on them.
So, sorry about the rambling and I would appreciate any help at all.
Thanks.
Nick