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Drew- The Divers Supply people are great folks, I recommend them highly. All you have to do is tell them when you purchase the unit that you don't want a pull dump, they will retrofit. I am not bothering to do the innertube deal with these as they don't stick way out like wings do on a set of doubles. You would really have to be doing some wild shit to rip these up as they are tucked in close to your backsides. Jim On 5/29/97 2:10 AM Drew Mooney wrote: >Jim, etc., > >Saw your post in the wreckers archive re: Sea Elite 60lb wings. You >mentioned destrokifying them by replacing the hose-pull dump. > >So, who makes the proper replacement part? Does it require replacing >the whole bladder, or just the flange portion containing the dump >valve? Are those things all threaded the same among the different >brands? > >I read a recent post on another list where a guy had a BC failure cuz >someone had replaced the dump valve with one that had a different >thread pitch, and galled the threads on the deal - with that plastic, >that doesn't seem a difficult thing to do. > >Also - did you do the tire tube reinforcement deal to yours? If so, >wasn't it a bitch? I did that with my AUL (Seatech?) wing and it was a >tight fit getting the bladder and tube to realign. The Sea Elite wing >is considerable less wide, and as you say, is a great fit for a >singles rig. I'd like a suggestion on reinforcing it though - cuz the >exterior looks far less durable than the AUL's. Sea Elite has >"reinforced" the bladder with a light nylon shell liner that goes >between the bladderr and the wing jacket. I'd prefer something a bit >tougher. (looks like windbreaker material, or the cloth they make >stuff sacks out of for camping gear) > >FYI (anyone that cares to know) in descending order of sturdily >constructed wing jackets, seems to me they go: AUL (Seatech), Dive >Rite, Sea Elite. Don't know about OMS, but they seem to be out of >favor anyway.... > > >TIA, > >Drew > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ >Sent by RocketMail. Get your free e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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