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Ok, thanks. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

Alright, I think I can handle that. Since I can't seem to find any such thing as a flexible extender (am I not looking in the right places?), current plan is to cut the flex tubing flush with the fitting, and also to cut it several inches away. Then carefully dig out the the flex left in the fitting, and get a http://www.quickspaparts.com/productdetail/698/12/coupling--2-429020--.aspx'>2" coupling and a short section of http://www.quickspaparts.com/productdetail/60680/128/cal-spas_tubing-flex-pipe_plu21500150.aspx'>2" flex, cut to the right length, and prime and glue it all back up. Sound like a good plan?

Good to know, thanks. Ah, ok. I wondered how to reuse that fitting. How difficult is it generally to get the flex cleaned out of the fitting, and does it take any special tools?

Huh, I thought that the flex pipe was a flexible PVC that was supposed to still be connected with PVC cement (just not primer, because that can potentially over-soften it). Everything I can find online that looks like that is PVC. What is it, then? I found the manual online, but it doesn't seem to be very useful as far as parts and repairs.

I'm a first-time hot tub owner, as a result of my wife and I buying our first home. The hot tub is a Calspa PS5, manufactured in 1995. It was working when the previous-previous owners moved away in 2010, but the people we bought the house from didn't use it at all, so it's been sitting empty for 3 years. It's been covered the entire time, and is in a cedar enclosure, so it's been mostly out of the elements. Currently, I'm wondering how to fix this problem: (thumbnails... click for full-size) It's on the input to the filter canister, so if I'm not mistaken, it won't be under pressure. It looks to me like the elbow was installed at the wrong angle, or the filter canister got rotated, and it over-stressed the flex pipe. Would something like http://www.spadepot.com/shop/Clip-on-Pipe-Leak-Seal-20-P9763C662.aspx'>this fix it, or would that not work because of the bend? Thanks in advance for any advice. -Brent