WTB: Desperately looking for a Scubapro Mk 10 part

[Paintballpsyco2369]

Hello, for somewhere close to a year I have been looking for a part for my Scubapro Mk 10 regulator. The part is an ORIGINAL 300 BAR DIN conversion. I know I can get them new for around $75 in shops, but those have plastic hand wheels which I absolutely am not interested in. I am also aware that trident makes a generic one, but I do not want any aftermarket parts like that (plus still no guarantee that they will even fit the reg). I have called every single shop I can find locally, I have tried North East Scuba Supply, and I have been watching ebay for a long time. I was bidding on one that several shop tech's said should fit, but in the last 10 seconds someone outbid me by 50 cents.... Needless to say I was quite pissed; then I remembered about the Want To Buy thread here so I figured what the hey....

If anyone by any slight chance has a 300 bar DIN conenction for a Mk 10, and is interested in selling it, please let me know. I need this part asap if possible. Thanks again, I hope to hear from someone soon.

Paintball

 

[Paintballpsyco2369]

Bumping.......

 

[Paintballpsyco2369]

Anyone have this part? Thanks.

Paint

 

[Paintballpsyco2369]

Bumping this up once again. I really need to get this part asap. I have a couple dive trips planned for this summer with a friend of mine, and until I assemble my doubles, I am using his, which are DIN only. Please anyone if there is a chance you have the part, please let me know. Thanks, I hope to hear from someone soon.

Paint

 

[DA Aquamaster]

You know...the plastic one works just fine. Why the fixation the older metal one? I have yet to see someone actually break one of the newer plastic SP wheels and that includes cave and wreck divers. At this point it sounds a lot better than waiting for a mythical all metal DIN wheel that you are frankly not going to find.

If you want a metal wheel, go with the Trident kit - the only fit issues I have heard about have been with the Mk 5, not the Mk 10. I see some of the Trident conversiosn come through on the regs I service. It is different and I prefer the SP approach personally, but it works fine.

Just get one or the other and go diving.

 

[kidsdream]

Thanks so much.

You know...the plastic one works just fine. Why the fixation the older metal one?

Just get one or the other and go diving.

 

[Paintballpsyco2369]

I want the metal one to prevent ANY chance of breaking. I know the plastic one is decent enough, and if I could find one cheap enough, I would get it. My problem is, I have not had much luck finding the Trident or the other one either. I can get the plastic one from a shop no problem, but I am not going to pay $75 for a tube, and a plastic wheel when I can find a metal one used for cheaper. I do a bit of public safety diving where I am, and I need EVERYTHING to be the best durability possible. I also want to keep it Scubapro parts. I have actually found the part on here from someone, I just can not get a hold of the guy at the moment. And until I do, I still need the part. I have tracked down the tube post and the wheel from 2 different people also. I am trying to get a hold of each at the moment to buy them seperately, but yet again, the sooner I can get the whole assembly the better.

I guess thanks for your input, have a nice day.

Paint

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I've done commercial diving, cave diving, wreck diving and spent a fair portion of my time assiting in the training of PSD's. I've never seen a situation where the current plastic wheels DIN conversion kit would cause a problem so the "best durability posible arguement does not really apply.

One could in fact argue the opposite. If for example you are movng through a restriction in a cave, a solid impact on a plastic DIN wheel could break it - but better it than the valve itself. If you have a problem taking it apart on the surface it is not a life threatening situation. Similarly, a steel DIN wheel will not break and poses a small chance of contributiong to your being wedged in a small restriction.

In short, for every argument against one, you could pose an equally valid argument for one, so it is basically a wash. And at present, in the interest of safety, you are using someone else's regs while you look for a metal wheel - how safe is that?

Personally, I hace come across exactly 1 NOS Scubapro metal DIN wheel in the last 5 years, so you will find your self waiting a long time for one.

 

[Paintballpsyco2369]

"In short, for every argument against one, you could pose an equally valid argument for one, so it is basically a wash. And at present, in the interest of safety, you are using someone else's regs while you look for a metal wheel - how safe is that?"

I do agree as far as agruments, one for one, for and against. I know this person VERY well, I know how he stores his regs, how he uses them, where and when he uses them. I know where and when he bought them, and who he bought them from. I know as much about his regs as I do my own. I therefore feel perfectly safe using them, and when I do use his, I only use one, and only for doubles. When I do that, his reg is primary and my own is backup as I would rather have my own reg for backup in case something did happen. That and I do not have to reroute my hoses.

As for the cave argument, I WILL NOT be doing anything to do with caves ANY time soon, nor do I really have any plans to do so in the near furute. Having said that, I am in Michigan, and will (most likely anyways) be doing wrecks.

The wheels are Chrome plated brass, not Steel. Unless I have been instructed incorrectly, if that is the case I apologize. 4 Things make me want the metal one over plastic, 1 SP original design, 2 more durable/ stronger, and 3 it would bend before it breaks, which is still usable. The plastic one if borken, would just be much harder to use, and would pose a sharp edge that could cut my bc (I do realize there is relatively little risk of this). And finally 4, though slight, it increases the metal surface to water surface contact area radiating effects for cold water. Which in the cold water in Michigan, I want EVERY chance possible to reduce any kind of negative cold water effects.

As for the NOS part, I have one person on the decostop who says he has one. He is one of the people who has yet to get back to me though. I have one person who has a used one, he is not 100% sure if it is Scubapro, or Trident though. It fits his Mk10, therefore I am interested. I sent him a pm a day or so ago about it and am still waiting to hear back again. I am not necessarily looking for NOS, Used is fine.

John at NESS said he had found a 300bar metal handwheel, but no post/tube for it. I also had one person reply on the decostop saying he had a 300bar post/tube, no handwheel. Pm sent to that guy, awaiting a response. And I will be calling John back here when I finish this to see if he still has it.

Thanks again,

Paint