Valve removal and install

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11-08-2008 01:39 PM
wingman

Valve removal and install

I have a lot of experience using my drysuit pvalve (it's the one piece of halcyon equipment i enjoy using) but not much in the way of installation or removal. I just ordered a new dui tls350 and was wondering how easy it is to remove the valve from one drysuit and install it in another or if it is even possible at all. Any one in the know about this before i bother s. gamble about it? Bill
11-08-2008 02:54 PM
Sludge

Is the old drysuit trashed? Won't it be kept as an emergency backup?

I have a backup suit I keep with me in case of a seal split so I won't miss a dive. If you plan to do this you need to keep the old valve on the old suit and just buy a new valve for the new suit.
11-08-2008 02:56 PM
aainslie

Should be pretty easy, Bill. My brand new Santi got clogged up with seaweed just after I'd bought it./ Turned out to be pretty easy to take apart on a boat, into seriously little pieces, and remove from the suit leaving a gaping hole. There are some lip thingies like those childproof pill containers that you have to use a screwdriver and brute force to get past, then eveything is pretty easy from there.
11-08-2008 04:15 PM
wingman

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Originally Posted by Slüdge

Is the old drysuit trashed? Won't it be kept as an emergency backup?

I have a backup suit I keep with me in case of a seal split so I won't miss a dive. If you plan to do this you need to keep the old valve on the old suit and just buy a new valve for the new suit.

Thanks, I am converting my current tls350 suit to backup use and the previous tls3350 to that is the one i am trashing as it is pretty trashed...gamble told me to give it up, i still have my earlier 905 as a backup to the backup :)
11-08-2008 04:35 PM
FW

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Originally Posted by aainslie

Should be pretty easy, Bill. My brand new Santi got clogged up with seaweed just after I'd bought it./ Turned out to be pretty easy to take apart on a boat, into seriously little pieces, and remove from the suit leaving a gaping hole. There are some lip thingies like those childproof pill containers that you have to use a screwdriver and brute force to get past, then eveything is pretty easy from there.

Are you describing the dump valve? Bill was asking about a P-valve.
11-08-2008 05:10 PM
aainslie

My bad.

In that case it's all a matter of how thoroughly you glued it in I suppose. I glue the crap out of mine - they're never leaving that drysuit once in :) It's feasible to put them in with no glue at all but I just didn't trust that option.
11-08-2008 07:51 PM
wingman

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Originally Posted by aainslie

In that case it's all a matter of how thoroughly you glued it in I suppose. I glue the crap out of mine - they're never leaving that drysuit once in :) It's feasible to put them in with no glue at all but I just didn't trust that option.

I have it disassembled...it wasn't glued in that bad....looks like it will go nicely into my new drysuit and i will be able to continue to enjoy my use of my only halcyon product. I liked the santi, would have got one if they were not quite so dear...i could have two dui tls350s for the price of one santi. The santi certainly is well made though.
11-08-2008 08:32 PM
RN

Quote:

Originally Posted by FW

Are you describing the dump valve? Bill was asking about a P-valve.

I was wondering what Andrew was doing peeing seaweed...
11-08-2008 08:39 PM
guru caver

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Originally Posted by RN

I was wondering what Andrew was doing peeing seaweed...

:smt082
11-09-2008 01:37 AM
aainslie

Quote:

Originally Posted by RN

I was wondering what Andrew was doing peeing seaweed...

I had to do something on deco so I ate the stuff. Turns out it doesn't digest too well.
11-09-2008 08:00 AM
amphipod06

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Originally Posted by aainslie

I had to do something on deco so I ate the stuff. Turns out it doesn't digest too well.

It's all fiber and it's supposed to be good for you (the fiber, that is...).....<G>

Dive safe,

Celia
11-09-2008 09:46 AM
wingman

Quote:

Originally Posted by aainslie

I had to do something on deco so I ate the stuff. Turns out it doesn't digest too well.

Wow, that santi is a superior suit, i had no idea there was a valve for that end as well...
11-10-2008 07:45 AM
Jay

It's not a big deal transferring the p valve as long as you find the right spot and seal it well.

The only problem is putting a hole in your drysuit! It's like drilling a hole in a boat, you know you have to do it, but you might need a few beers to go through with it. :)