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In Germany we had to pay the equivalent of 150 bucks for the Scubapro course( Director was David Jackson, excellent !). You get no official Qualification by that ( was a club event), but it enables you to perfectly service their regs, with the help of the texts and drawings cheap tricks by mouth. The Service handbook is kind of redundant in many places and I don't like that you are spoken to as if you were a completely dumb bookshop apprentice. But is covers mostly all you need to know. A Poseidon course is a bit more expensive, but very good . Why don't you affiliate with your local diveshop, have them sent you to do the classes, and pay the expenses on your own ? Much of the fine tuning is by feeling, though this is deniied, of course. Well , get the right tools and instruments for the job....especially for inserting O-rings and valve seats in some first stages. And don't overdo. Some regs suffer from to much "maintenance".... I work on a reg when i feel it needs it, not because a year has elapsed, or I done another 100 dives... - Matthias Metcalfe Kevin J COCA schrieb: > > All, > > Having just paid about $175 to have my and my wife's regulators overhauled > (Free parts, what a deal.), I'm looking for an alternative. I'm considering > purchasing the "Scuba Regulator Maintenance and Repair" book by Vance Harlow > and learning to do it myself. Probably the biggest catch that I can see > will be getting the parts. Unfortunately, I don't dive nearly as much as > many (most) people on this list and becoming known well enough by the shops > to get parts from them would be difficult. > > Any suggestions? I wouldn't mind spending a little money to take some sort > of regulator maintenance class if that would make them more likely to see me > parts. But I don't want to spend $150 or so to learn how to rinse my > regulator after dives, nor do I want to spend $1000 to become a certified > Scubapro technician. (Or whatever that might cost.) > > Also, what kind of work is involved. i.e. is it more like "turn until the > IP gauge reads XX", or is it kind of touchy feely like adjusting a bicycle > hub, bottom bracket or headset. (The kind of adjustment where you're going > by feel. "That's too tight. Now it's too lose", etc.) > > Thanks in advance. > > Kevin Metcalfe > kmetcalfe@ns*.na*.mi* > 925-246-5938 > DSN 350-5938 > > -- > 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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