Photos from Barracuda Point, Sipadan

[malaysia-islands]

stonefish,

Maybe I haven't read much about when to buy a new o-ring. It's like having a car too, I almost never care about the parts until something wrong happen

Anyway, anyway, I'm getting an A80 and surprisingly a new u/w housing still available at some parts in KL. This time I'll ensure the o-ring will have back-up.

By the way, do you realise that sometimes the o-ring is VERY hard to remove from the casing? Sometimes I had to use my door key or credit card to help out the process. Is there any special tool to do it? Maybe it's kind of slippery too, that's why.

 

[stonefish35]

Hey bro or sis,

by using door keys to get out the O rings, you are running a great risk of cutting into the O ring, snapping it. Or worse, having cut into the o ring slight, without your notice. And it might snap in the middle of a dive !

I have found a cheap ( or FOC ) o ring remover, and its available everywhere.
Go to MacDonald's get the coffee stirrer, I got home and filed the side to smoothen out any sharp edges . And use it with light effort to get out the O ring.

You are aware that it will be better if you store the housing with the O ring taken out rite ? grease it and keep in into a CLEAN and NEW plastic bag, away from heat and direct sunlight.

 

[stonefish35]

oh yes, another point. Take care not to stretch the o ring. If the O ring is stretched too much, it will not seat fittingly in the housing groove, and as a result, flooding may occur.