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A manifold designed to leak? I hope not.. The only manifold you should consider will have the double barrel o-ring design. Sherwood first stages bubble in an attempt to keep crap out of the "open to the environment" side of the reg where the spring is. Drew Mooney wrote: > > Chuck Actor > > > > I have one of the old Sherwood yoke manifolds. It is the one that > > uses the brass/brass connections (no O-rings). Herein lies the > > problem. I can't seem to get this thing to seal without leaking. > > The condition of the seats and ends looks good in my opinion, but > > then again, I'm not an expert at high pressure fittings. > > > > On my last attempt to put the thing together, I lapped the seals > > lightly with a mild abrasive (tooth paste to be exact). Then I > > assembled the valves together on the bare tanks (tightly). I > > then banded the tanks being careful to not move them around or > > apply pressure to move the tanks apart etc. Still leaks..ahh! > > This is getting frustrating. > > > > Any tips short of buying a real valve? Would it be safe to use > > something like valve grinding compound on the seating surface? > > > > Help... > > Is it possible that the thing is designed to leak the same way Sherwood > first stages do? Don't they design in a certain degree of air leakage - > to maintain positive pressure inside the housing, preventing water from > entering the works of the thing? > > It would seem that an O-ringless design would have to be so. What do > those who know think? > > Drew > -- Jeff Bentley BellSouth Telecommunications, Science & Technology (Work) ppfkjhb@bs*.bl*.co* (404)332-2294 (Home) jbentley@cr*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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