Got 2 tanks hydo'd

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  • Russ
    Senior Membrane
    • Jul 2001
    • 1935
    #1

    Got 2 tanks hydo'd

    Had 'em done by the dive shop that I also bought my SCUBA's from. They charged me $21 each, no tax. Turn-around time, 1 day

    I had to remove the bottles from the regs. They refuse to do it (they broke a reg before, and don't want the hassle)

    Inland Divers
    100 South main St
    Leicester, Ma. 01524
    (508) 892-3323
    Last edited by Russ; 08-06-2003, 09:22 AM.
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    • Kevmaster
      Owners Group Div: Director
      • Oct 2001
      • 5475
      #2
      and the problem is...reinstalling them?

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        • Russ
          Senior Membrane
          • Jul 2001
          • 1935
          #3
          and the problem is...reinstalling them?
          No problemo's...I'm just putting out the info for any other southern New Englanders who need a cheap & fast place to get their tanks hydro'd.

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            • Kevmaster
              Owners Group Div: Director
              • Oct 2001
              • 5475
              #4
              oh...oops...

              /me walks into the corner telling myself i wont ever try and make a problem where there is not

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                • BlackVCG
                  Grubby Owner

                  • Oct 2000
                  • 4956
                  #5
                  How did you go about removing the regulators and what type of tanks are they? I'm building a Flatline reg. removal tool right now and I'm going to set it up on a torque wrench so I can quickly torque them back to spec.
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                    • Russ
                      Senior Membrane
                      • Jul 2001
                      • 1935
                      #6
                      One system was a 68/3000 Flatline, The other was a 4500 Flatline (which had a different bottle than I bought with it, an 88/4500 Pure Energy "stub")

                      I remove all the gauges & nipples, then hold the reg in bored aluminum jaws in a big-arse lathe (at work) The lathe jaws are bored to the diameter of the regs.

                      I then use a strap wrench to un-screw the bottle. A strip of emery paper, abrasive side OUT (away from the bottle), helps the strap wrench grip.

                      I have 3 air systems (2 Flatlines, & a Mac-Dev Conquest) I only put a little Dow33 on the threads, because I play "musical bottles" with the air systems...

                      The conquest carries the ACI-AGD 68/4500 that was came with the Flatline, And the Conquest's long 88/4500 is on my Son's friend's PE preset (a bit of red loctite went on those threads) The Stub 88/4500 PE bottle is now on he 4500 Flatline (on my E-Mag) The 68/3000 Flatline is as it was shipped from the factory

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                        • Russ
                          Senior Membrane
                          • Jul 2001
                          • 1935
                          #7
                          ...and just to add, I'm not a certified airsmith, nor do I nessessarily advocate the use of grease on the threads (although the Mac-Dev Conquest came that way from the factory...the bottle was easily removable).

                          Don't try this at home, your results may vary, yada, yada.

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