jdrotert
03-25-2002, 09:03 AM
I bought a used Raptor tank and had to get it recertified. I completely cleaned the regulator while the tank was out getting certified. The fill nipple DOES NOT have a check strut (as Air America calls it). I believe the last owner removed the fill nipple at one point and lost the check strut (or check valve). My local store is out of fill nipples and the only online place I can order a fill nipple (that I found) charges $7 for shipping for a fill nipple and fill cover!! I found a pic of the internals of a fill nipple here (http://www.xtalwind.net/~trilight/filloring/). I plan on machining a check valve (because I can make one faster than I can drive to get one and my father owns a machine shop) and getting an o-ring from the hardware store, but does anyone else have pics of the internals of a fill nipple?