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Threaded HW valve

Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:04 pm

I'm refurbishing an old 71.2 tank I had laying around for decades. Pulled off the the old piece of junk Healthways valve and noticed threads on the inside of the air outlet. Not familiar with these valves. Was there some sort of insert at some point in time? Maybe its normal and common but I had never notice that before.
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sat Feb 17, 2018 6:57 pm

If memory still serves me... that valve was designed for the Healthways, Air- Flo, 1st stage regulator[ the first " din" type in the very early 1970's ]

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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:24 pm

Is this what you are referring to?
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:39 pm

That's it. I have to valve and the Tank pressure checker....still trying to get on of the regs.
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:25 am

YES...that's the AIRFLO regulator.....did not sell well for Healthways....I worked for New England Divers] 70-77 ] in the Beverly, Mass store...huge mail order dept and retail store... not too many of those regulators passed thru that facility

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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:41 pm

Is this the first stage you guys are talking about?
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:51 pm

Yep, that's it.
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:50 pm

This was another thing that was in the box of "junk" I picked up this week.

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Re: Threaded HW valve

Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:22 pm

Love to have it if you are interested in selling it.
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:52 pm

One of the things I love about this forum is that I get to see equipment I've not even heard of. This particular Heathways item is a good example. Approximately when would this regulator have been on the market?
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:37 pm

It's in the 1970 catalog. You can download and look at it in the "manuals and catalogs" section
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Mon Feb 19, 2018 4:06 pm

Herman, sent you a PM

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Re: Threaded HW valve

Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:03 pm

Always amazes me where things lead. One day I'm noticing threads in an old valve and a little while later all the way across the country, Herman is looking at getting the part that fits that valve. 6 degrees of separation in practice. Anyway, I found this little diagram of the Airflo 1st stage and thought I'd share. Mark
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:06 pm

That's the epitome of a simple regulator. I have only seen one in person in all my diving years. I have a Healthways J-Valve for it, now if I could find good Airflow reg (cheap, that is) I would take it diving.

Seems like they were about 29.95 at K-Mart.
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Re: Threaded HW valve

Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:39 am

Hopefully I will have a working first stage soon, Snarklll has sold me one, if anyone finds a second stage I am in the market. Here are some photos of the complete reg and accessories. The accessories are mine, I borrowed the reg a while back to study, thinking I might make the first stage. I forgot the reg also had a special dust cap. It looks like most others but was threaded so it could be threaded onto the reg. The one in the photo was one I modified to work with the reg.
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