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The 4 knob - that is too funny - those guys are the worst idiots in the game. Can you imagine trying to deal with a problem behind your head with all those knobs, not to mention hitting them on everything. Ben Wiseley wrote: > > Trey, > > You crack me up. :) Thanks for the info... several people have sent info > on where to buy. For what it's worth - if I ever gave you the number of any > shop I go to and you actually called I'd probably never be able to get air > there again and might be hunted down and shot (which I guess is better than > drowning). While not diving with strokes isn't a bad policy - not buying > air from strokes certainly isn't - I ain't driving to Florida for a fill and > the wife would kill me if I put a compressor in our already scuba filled > apartment. > > >From what I've read I think you guys are right on in theory, practice, > results, etc. but you're SO rude that I think the rest of the world hates > your guts. :) Which I know you don't give a rats ass about. :) I certainly > don't... > > I mostly asked where to buy because I got confused on all the shim, disk, > plug, replace this with that, loosen this and that part of your list... > > I can't resist: Why is the new four knob manifold thing from Dive Rite bad? > > Thanks again, > > -ben > > >From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey) > >Reply-To: trey@ne*.co* > >To: ben@wi*.co* > >CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com > >Subject: Re: where to buy manifold? > >Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:21:29 -0500 > > > >Ben the dive shop guys will just tell what they sell. While I buy > >everything I can buy from Jarrod and Robert ( Exteme Exposure and > >Halcyon), I also am a great customer of every shop in this town and many > >others , since nobody seems to have all the right stuff at any given > >time. > > > >Somebody on here knows where to get that manifold. I got all of mine > >from one of the guys on our team, and I do not know where he got them, > >but he not only got them, he got them with the correct center section ( > >beware the dive shop monkey on this one) and he got them dirt cheap. > > > >I will go ahead and tell you the real problem with these dive shop > >strokes - they are all dealers in the worst crap , the lowest common > >denominator of dive gear, and not for any of the good stuff usually. We > >all know what those two names are in dive gear. The problem is that one > >of those two stroke outfits does not pay its bills, so got cut off from > >it supplier of manifolds, so makes up bullshit about the subject while > >scrambing to come up with subtitutes. This leaves the bozo shops with no > >good manifold, so they sell either the other piece of dung, or something > >far worse, usually the latter. Obvviously , the Scuba Pro dealers have > >the 200 bar version of the correct manifold. > > > >Any time any dive shop primate tells you not to listen to me, you tell > >them to phone me up and try to tell me this bullshit. > > > > > >Ben Wiseley wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I need to get a manifold for my tanks so I can start > > > diving doubles. Everytime I go into a dive shop > > > around here (New England) and ask for anything you > > > guys are talking about I get something along the lines > > > of "don't listen to the cave nazi's... this is what > > > you need". (as well as - "just train in Mexico" and > > > "no-one uses back plates anymore") > > > > > > Assume I don't have a PhD in dive equipment... this is > > > from Trey's equipment list. Does anyone know where I > > > can buy this stuff on line or mail order it from? > > > What are disks, plugs, shims, etc.? What's the > > > correct size insolator piece? If it matters I'll be > > > using this with Luxfer Al80's in the ocean for a while > > > until I buy steel 104's. > > > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > > > -ben > > > > > > >From Trey's equipment list: > > > -MANIFOLD - 300 BAR DIN SEA ELITE OR EXACT REPLICA > > > WITH THE CORRECT SIZE > > > CENTER INSOLATOR PIECE. REPLACE DISKS WITH PLUGS OR > > > 1/16 SHIMS. SOFT > > > PLASTIC OR RUBBER KNOBS WITH SOLID METAL INSERTS, > > > SCREWS LEFT LOSE SO > > > THEY CAN ROCK, CENTER PIECE LEFT LOSE SO IT CAN SPIN. > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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