Spent 16 hours trying to fix a leaking Kirby Morgan exhaust valve at 60 feet

I was on a job in Galveston last month and that stupid exhaust valve kept letting water in. Took me a whole day and three different seal kits before I realized the o-ring groove had a tiny burr I missed. Anyone else had this kind of headache with those old Kirby Morgan 37s?

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hannah_perry13d ago

@ray_miller84 yeah that burr was invisible til i hit it with a flashlight and a magnifying glass.

tylerj2211d ago

3 flashlights and a magnifying glass is the real hack right there.

ray_miller8413d ago

Galveston is always a mess with that silt. Did the burr leave a witness mark on the old o-ring or did you only see it when you cleaned the groove with a magnifying glass?