UPDATE:
This is what happens when you dont pay attention to what you are doing and try to force things. Had the brass pad been aligned with the first stage hole, I never would have had an issue.
VR2 Help
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Discussion of diving methods and equipment available prior to the development of BCDs beyond the horse collar. This forum is dedicated to the pre-1970 diving.
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kworkman
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VR2 Help
OK so my bad luck with repairs is continuing. Im putting my VR2 back together. I have the first stage assembled and on a tank with 340psi. Air on--- nothing. I turn that adjusting screw down down down and can barely muster a slight hiss. So I plan to tear it all back apart and search for a blockage. If that isnt it, where should I go next. Im used to working on single stages because they are easy.
UPDATE:
This is what happens when you dont pay attention to what you are doing and try to force things. Had the brass pad been aligned with the first stage hole, I never would have had an issue.
UPDATE:
This is what happens when you dont pay attention to what you are doing and try to force things. Had the brass pad been aligned with the first stage hole, I never would have had an issue.
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jrltenn
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Re: VR2 Help
Sorry for your luck Keith. I'll look around and if I have any spares I'll send em with your package.
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kworkman
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Re: VR2 Help
I already have one on the way but thank you for the offer.
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antique diver
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Re: VR2 Help
I'll bet that you aren't the first to have done that!
The older I get the better I was.
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Ron
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Re: VR2 Help
I broke a Green Label DA Aqualung one time, so don't feel too bad!
The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed. -JYC
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kworkman
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Re: VR2 Help
Dropped the new nozzle in and all is good. Put my guage on and got the IP to 130 at about 350psi. I couldnt get a good seal on the second stage port so i had some air leak by. How will this affect my setting?
What adhesive do you use for attaching the 2nd stage seat?
What adhesive do you use for attaching the 2nd stage seat?
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Creed
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Re: VR2 Help
I don't use adhesives for 2nd stage seats. Never had a problem.
"Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind that our
forefathers harnessed before us
Hear the bells ring as the tide rigging sings.
It's a son of a gun of a chorus" - Jimmy Buffet
forefathers harnessed before us
Hear the bells ring as the tide rigging sings.
It's a son of a gun of a chorus" - Jimmy Buffet
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Creed
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Re: VR2 Help
Also, to commiserate with your misfortune, I recently put together a RAM and couldn't get it to quit leaking. During installation, the pin came out of the HP seat and wedged into the side of the sealing surface. Ruined the seat. Luckily, the volcano orifice survived, or I would have really been peeved.
"Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind that our
forefathers harnessed before us
Hear the bells ring as the tide rigging sings.
It's a son of a gun of a chorus" - Jimmy Buffet
forefathers harnessed before us
Hear the bells ring as the tide rigging sings.
It's a son of a gun of a chorus" - Jimmy Buffet
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captain
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Re: VR2 Help
RTV silicone.kworkman wrote:Dropped the new nozzle in and all is good. Put my guage on and got the IP to 130 at about 350psi. I couldnt get a good seal on the second stage port so i had some air leak by. How will this affect my setting?
What adhesive do you use for attaching the 2nd stage seat?
Captain
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kworkman
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Re: VR2 Help
Ok now I have a leak at the second stage volcano orifice. Is that gasket/ washer that seals the volcano orifice replaceable? I didnt see them in the webstore. I probably just didnt look hard enough.
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captain
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Bryan
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Re: VR2 Help
Contact Rob at The Scuba Museum. I sold him most of my horseshoe lever parts and he should have an original or two around. What inventory I do have I need to keep for customer regulators being serviced. I have no plans to re-make this part.captain wrote:Yes it replaceable and Bryan has them.
Doing it right should include some common sense, not just blindly following specs and instructions. .Gary D, AWAP on SB
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