I got given a box of assorted inflators and Air2 from a guy whose shop did not make it after COVID, and I can use them for our thing. It seems he just did not like working on gear and just bought generic inflators for his replacement inflators. I also got a big box of other inflators but I am not going to do anything with those as they require factory kits, and the SPs can use generic O-rings.
There is one TUSA whatever they call it Air2 like thing, and one Gen 4 Air2 which has a sun damaged purge cover so I am just parting those two out. The rest are Gen 3's and the BPIs which were current with the Gen3 Air2s
I am a SP factory trained tech, and even current, but it has been a while since I actually worked on SP stuff. I used to do them a lot, but I guess I am forgetting some stuff.
So a couple of questions:
It seems like, from the corrosion patterns, that the inflators trap saltwater on the exhaust side? Is this the case, or was this just what happened to these inflators in a junk pile?
From reading the schematics, the springs in the Gen3 Air 2, and the inflator are all the same except for the demand valve for the regulator part of the Air2. Did earlier versions of the Gen3 use larger springs for these buttons, where the spring bottomed out on the buttons themselves instead of the plastic shoulder on the stem?
Did an earlier version of the BPI not have the plastic washer on the inflate button? I think I remember this being metal from before.
Overall the Gen3 Air2 seems to be the one most generic Air2's use a template. Is there a reason to use these instead of new generic Air2 style things, which I have seen as cheap as $80.00 new from time to time.
There is one TUSA whatever they call it Air2 like thing, and one Gen 4 Air2 which has a sun damaged purge cover so I am just parting those two out. The rest are Gen 3's and the BPIs which were current with the Gen3 Air2s
I am a SP factory trained tech, and even current, but it has been a while since I actually worked on SP stuff. I used to do them a lot, but I guess I am forgetting some stuff.
So a couple of questions:
It seems like, from the corrosion patterns, that the inflators trap saltwater on the exhaust side? Is this the case, or was this just what happened to these inflators in a junk pile?
From reading the schematics, the springs in the Gen3 Air 2, and the inflator are all the same except for the demand valve for the regulator part of the Air2. Did earlier versions of the Gen3 use larger springs for these buttons, where the spring bottomed out on the buttons themselves instead of the plastic shoulder on the stem?
Did an earlier version of the BPI not have the plastic washer on the inflate button? I think I remember this being metal from before.
Overall the Gen3 Air2 seems to be the one most generic Air2's use a template. Is there a reason to use these instead of new generic Air2 style things, which I have seen as cheap as $80.00 new from time to time.