muddstopper
Veteran Member
Had a little project to do today and needed a little heat. Turned on the tanks and was just getting ready to strike a flame and heard a little pop and air blowing. Oxy hose had blew a hole. Hose looked like it had a small burn spot in it and since these hoses are about 10-12 years old, I figured it was time for new hoses. Little trip to TSC and came home and hooked up the new hoses. turned tanks back on and saw the pressure regulator run up to 160psi, What!!! Then air blew out in regulator. Regulator is the large commercial Victors I have owned for close to 40 years. I had them rebuilt about 20 years ago. I had noticed that the torch didnt seem to be cutting right for a while and couldnt figure it out. Now I am suspecting the regulator might have been screwing with my air supply. Anyways I took the Linde regulator off my other set of bottles and hooked it to my torch. Torch cut just fine after regulator swap. Looks like a trip to the welding supply to have my Old Victor rebuilt one more time. I am just hopeing they can still rebuild something as old as these are.