Posted by: Dale "Head_Hunters" DuPont on January 10, 2004 at 08:18:45

: What length hose should i get when putting on a standard bottom line. Measure what the length is between the reg and ASA adaptor. Add what extra you need depending on if the ASA fitting comes out the side or goes straight at the front reg. Decide if you are going to use 90 degree fittings or just bend and flex the hose. I recommend the 90 degree fitting rather than a 90 bend in a hose. I would NOT use macroline if you plan to bend and flex. It tends to develop leaks if curved more than SLIGHTLY. Macroline is GOOD if you are sweetspotting, tweaking the regulator and you have to remove the hoses regularly to get access to the stock regulator by removeing the bottom cap. Then with you are done tweaking it and reach your first leak, replace the fittings and go to stainless braid. I am partial to braided stainless. Never leaks, Never have to THINK about it... Never have to Check it. Don't SCREW yourself like I did. I just put the fitting in the bottom hole of the reg and cranked it down tight with a wrench until it was pointing in the right direction back towards the ASA. What I just did was JAM all three sections of the regulator so tight together that it is now IMPOSSIBLE to remove the regulator for cleaning, adjustment, or replacement. You will be eyeing your pipe wrenches and vice grips as the only way to get it apart. When you are done, you have a UGLY burgered up finnish on your reg or crushed the reg wall and ruined it. The CORRECT way to install the fitting in the bottom of the regulator is to: 1. Remove the bottom cap off the regulator. THEN install the fitting. 2. Use some BLUE (removeable) Loctite and you don't have to CRANK the fitting into the cap with a wrench. Just make it SNUG as you can holding the cap in YOUR HAND or Maybe a piece of leather belt padding and channel lock pliers. Let it dry OVERNIGHT and it won't leak. Make SURE the tool you are holding it with is holding it at the BASE of the cap. The bottom most part where the metal is 1/4 inch thick. If you crush the thinwalled are where the threaded section is, you are buying parts. 3. You will wonder HOW to line up the fitting so it will be pointing in the right direction after the Blue Loctite dries. You can put the cap back on the reg and see how many degrees you need to turn it to be in the right position. BUT ALWAYS remove it before you turn the fitting. OR 4. It DOESN'T have to be pointing in ANY particular direction. The O - Ring Seal at the top of the Reg will seal the ASA 1-2-3 revolutions before it bottoms out in the receivers ASA. Just don't feel like it has to be screwed all the way in. It doesn't. It can be rotated so your fitting is pointing the direction you want. It MIGHT wobble ever so slightly and a LOT of that will disappear when you finnish installing the hoses. Then you can remove your regulator and clean it properly once a year and relub it. Another tip. Next time you replace the 3 way hoses get the CLEAR hoses. When they get dirty inside enough that you can't see through the hoses, you are WAY PAST DUE to clean your reg, ram, 3 way, etc. Especially if you use that DIRTY CO2. Dirt builds up quickly inside your expensive reg and front end.

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