Thanks so so Much! I needed to use my friends torches in an emergency but had leaking air out valve he thought was inner spring on relief valve, but found your video, bought the kit and wham bam I am stress free and he's elated too. Keep up the vids as know it's difficult and much extra to do but your calm voice and detail instructions are spot on.
That's an outstanding video and I agree With the footnote about the dangers of oils. That is the only thing that might be added. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks. I have two complete sets, one in the garage and one downstairs. I was doing some real fine brazing using my 000 tip, but it was too cold in the garage so I ran downstairs to use that set. I noticed the oxygen side torch pressure wouldn't drop below 20lbs. I initially thought it was a bad gauge, so I swapped that out for some others I had around. No change. I should be able to lower the pressure down to 3-5 lbs. After more evaluation, I determined it was the regulator. Not liking paying people money to do things I can do, especially being a professional mechanic, I first watched your video. Then I went and took it apart. It was dirty inside, but I found nothing particularly bad. I cleaned it up and reassembled it, hooked it all back up, tested it and found it was working fine with the pressure dropping down like it is supposed to, like the set in the garage does. You know how fun it is when you work on something and it starts working and you really didn't do anything.! It must have had some contamination or something wasn't quite right, but now it works. If it messes up again, I'll order up some rebuild parts for it.
+seaswirl79 Cool glad you got it working. Yeah I am a total DIY guy I like fixing my own stuff whenever possible I try to make vids when there isn't a lot of info out there. Check out my other vids. Thanks for watching
An important side note here is when handling the internals of a regulator is to keep all contaminants out especially grease and oil which can ignite in the presence of high pressure oxygen
I worked for the Navy for 20 years specifically with pure O2 and you should be wearing nitrile or other power free gloves to EVER work on the internals of an O2 regulator. The levels of cleanliness we had to go through should tell you just how critical cleanliness is when dealing with O2 equipment. Even fine metal particles like aluminum can become fuel for O2 under pressure and any oil or grease unless specifically made for O2 is explosive. This should have been part of your presentation and in your rebuild procedures, it is no joke.
+Gregarious Antithesis Thanks for the info. I think I will put at least a disclaimer. I have had others that have left comments that have similar concerns. If you would check out the link in the description of the PDF by Victor that walks you threw the rebuild. It seems to me there is no warning of what you are talking about. It doesn't mean that it isn't a legitimate concern, just bazaar it doesn't rely mention anything like what you are talking about.
Inline 6 CTD Appreciate you getting back to me and letting me know you read what I was saying, it truly is a huge safety issue when dealing with O2 no joke. We used specialty lubricants made with a teflon base that could be used and were compatible with O2 stuff is called Krytox. I have seen the results of a O2 cart greased with regular hydrocarbon grease and it entailed the adjustment knob of the regulator being blow thru a concrete wall. It is lucky no one was killed. I appreciate you doing the video more people should know how to fix such things its what makes youtube a wonderful thing.
your work area needs to be exceptionally clean with no grease or oil ever on or touching anything that is part of a regulator. Never use any grease or oil on an oxygen regulator unless it is a specialty grease recommended by the manufacturer or specifically safe for oxygen use an example is crytox it is made for oxygen. Regular greases of any kind, hydrocarbons or even particulate mater like aluminum filings or power are potential fuel for combustion. When you combine pure O2 with any fuel and heat is created like any gas under pressure you have the potential for fire and or worse an explosion.
Thank you for sharing my friend im realy just looking this video to fix my oxygen regulator was air pressure direct high pressure to my hoseline cause explode and damage my hose line. Im subscribe to you
I have several Victor regulators that have problems. None of them have a model number only serial numbers. I've never seen an older regulator with a model number. I've contact different people and nobody has a conversion table (serial number to model number). How did you determine what model number your regulator was? It looks like an old one just like mine. Also sometimes when a regulator is taken apart there is no apparent problem either with the diaphragm or seals.
I am not familiar with that regulator. Victor does have assemble/disassemble PDF files available on the web for most of there regulators.Thanks for watching
Thanks for this info. Bought my equipment in 1983. My torch is leaking acet. at the valve and my O. reg. has a leak. Wondering where you got your parts? I live in Utah too.
You can get a genuine ""victor"" rebuild kit off ebay for $22. And for around $15 There are cheaper knock off ones as well. I used the victor brand. Thanks for watching!
Yes I was tearing my acetylene torch apart do you clean it and the two tubes on the torch I separated those and there was a iTube inside on the oxygen side on and it looked like had carbon buildup on it I want to clean it up and Spring popped out and I was wondering if there's anything else that went with the spring other than the tube
Where did you get the rebuild kit? Those old brass Victor regulators are real precision craftsmanship, as apposed to the plastic stuff that "Victor" sells today. I have one from the original factory, in San Francisco CA, and it still works like new!
+Edward Bloom The rebuild kit was a victor brand I got off ebay for $22. I agree I own two sets of brass victor regulators and this is the only one that has failed. Thanks for watching.
This vid was a great reminder that I would've unhesitatingly cast instant skepticism & doubt on whether or not this fella could give me proper advice on a torch regulator re-fit if I hadn't immediately noticed that unmistakable rural twang... which, of course, dismissed that same potential skepticism just as quickly. No political bs yadayada implied here either: rural/country/Southern folk are just ~a billion times likelier to be able to spell out things like this as if they were describing yesterday's weather to you is all. Just my city-slicker $.02...
in my country you can find second hand victor regulators.. do you recommend to buy a secondhand victor regulator? if thats the case what model do you recommend and what model can be rebuild to last lots of years? now when i lightin my torch the flame pulses and i think is my chinese regulator....
Hi... Yes I would recommend getting any of the "brass" victor regulators. They are all rebuild able. Alot of the new victors are "plastic" and are not rebuild able. Thanks for watching!
I'm not familiar with that reg. but I believe it is just a 350 series reg. "CHECK OUT THIS LINK".www.regulatortorchrepair.com/regulator-parts-repair-kits/sr350-repair-kit
I have a small victor torch set ,for HVAC work. they are new,never been used.I can't get no pressure on the working side of the oxygen regulator. I have 2000 psig on the tank gauge I crank the tee handle to get working pressure and the needle on the gauge does not move.what could be wrong?
Idk... It is a simple mechanism maybe someone at the factory forgot a part to the seat assembly. Is it brass like this one or a newer plastic ones that you can't disasemble?
Do you have your inline check valves oriented in the right direction? A backwards check valve won't let any pressure out. Does the low pressure gauge move when you tighten the t handle on the regulator? Edit; sorry. I just reread your comment about the needle in the l.p. gauge not moving .. did you remove the dust plug from the O2 bottle before hooking up regulator? I know. But I had to ask.. were there any similar plugs in the new regulator? Oh,, how does it feel when you tighten the t handle? If there's no resistance, its possible there's something missing that's supposed to put pressure on the diaphragm. ..maybe spring is missing , maybe it's the kind with linkage or maybe the button is missing from top of spring ?
Good video. The only thing is to make sure to wear gloves to prevent any oil residue. Any oil can spontaneously combust in the presence of high pressure oxygen. If it is dirty inside the regulator, it can be cleaned with dish soap and water. Check for leaks with a spray bottle of soapy water.
I read all over the internet how only a professional guy should do this. I took mine apart before being seeing this and the seat seal is bad. I finally read that any oil or grease from hands or the socket you remove the seat with or even a piece of lint will cause a fire and or big bang!! LOL Now I'm almost afraid to try replacing the seat. I read there is a oxygen safe cleaner made by Crest you can spray clean it with. It certainly does not take a brain surgeon to replace the parts. Is cleaning that critical? I noticed you never said anything about being extra clean.
+Jim Hudson It's a straight forward repair. If it were a highly specialized process then victor would not sale a rebuild kit and you would not be able to open them up with a simple crescent wrench. Victor also has a free PDF file out there that walks you threw the process. The one that I rebuilt on this vid has been going strong for 6 months. Please by all means only do what you feel comfortable with. Thanks for watching!!
+Henry Retter Here is the link hope it helps. Thanks for watching. victortechnologies.com/IM_Uploads/doclib_8028_DocLib_2304_56-0607%20SR%20250%20Series%20Regulator.pdf
