> Ron writes...... > It about has to be the pouches holding them up. I haven't gotten to that point yet. The pouch leather looks OK. They were the first things I tested after disassembly. They look and fuction as good or better than I have seen new or old. It is possible they might be pushing up on the valve feet. But this cannot be determined until the valves themselves are tested for leaks in both facings and the seats. In doing this I was making a simple mistake in bench testing. Turned out I was applying suction to the wrong hole, or expecting results that I couldn't get by doing that. The only trouble is that I WAS getting results but they were false readings so to speak. Ha, and I thought I had found a new test and was going find out if the experts know about it. If they do, they know it doesn't work. I wonder if it has ever happened to them? Anyhow I had fun ferreting out the problem and running down old sources, and meeting new ones. ---ric
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