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  3. Moto Massage Question For H/s Gurus!

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    Thank you for your reply. Yes, I used beer making silicon tubing. The motomassage still works but occasionally it stops going up and down and restarts if I nudge it. I keep the ph at about 7.4, use silver ion, and non-chlorine shock, temperature is 103F. I'll keep going until it stops. What is it that fails in the tubing that keeps it from going up and down? If you find the source of your tubing, please send it to me. Also, how did you compensate for the thinner tubing at the ends, did you use zip ties? Thanks.

  6. Moto Massage Question For H/s Gurus!

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    I followed Randy's instructions replacing the old tubing with a new silicon .5 in ID and .625 in OD. The only problem I had was slipping on a .5 in. length of tubing to match the outer diameter of the old tubing. There was no way I could just slip it on. So, what I did is cut a small piece of the tubing, opened it up like a book, and slipped it under the very tight collar. Hopefully it will hold. On testing, the motomassage worked fine. Thanks for the instructions. Also note that the two black dots on the motomassage must be vertical when properly installed. Also note that in my case there were two possible holes to screw the motomassage in. Only the one on the left worked--by experience.

     

  7. Moto Massage Question For H/s Gurus!

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    On 11/11/2017 at 11:27 AM, r5ran said:

     

    Hi,

    You were right I did not see your request for an update until today. Sorry for my delay,  hopefully you still read this forum and get my update......

    So the original "beer" tubing lasted almost 2 years. Not as long as the HS tubing perhaps, but considering the cost savings, I consider it a success. However, as I mentioned in my earlier post, when I replaced the tubing again, I reordered and used thinner tubing. This was much more pliable and worked perfectly without any modifications. However, since the O.D. of this thinner tubing was too small for the press on collars on each end, I slid a short (about 1/2" long) piece of this same tubing over each end of the tube, that effectively made it the same O.D. as the HS stuff.  This allowed the press on fittings on each end to hold perfectly. I now have replaced all 3 spines of my tub's MM and they all operate like new.  I did check this thinner tubing after about a year's time, and while it was working fine, did see some aging and brittleness in it. So this tubing probably will need to be replaced a little more often. However, since it only cost a few dollars and about 15 minutes of time for each one, it's not a big deal and well worth it.

    Hope this helps........

    BTW, the reason I saw this post again, is that I just discovered I was not getting any air out of my single MM lower (back) port (neck jets and all other air connections work fine). When I searched this forum for some help on my air issue, I saw this request for an update on my tubing experiment....I did write another post about my air issue, but if anyone reading this has any advice for me, it would be appreciated.

    Thank you,

    Randy

    I followed Randy's instructions replacing the old tubing with a new silicon .5 in ID and .625 in OD. The only problem I had was slipping on a .5 in. length of tubing to match the outer diameter of the old tubing. There was no way I could just slip it on. So, what I did is cut a small piece of the tubing, opened it up like a book, and slipped it under the very tight collar. Hopefully it will hold. On testing, the motomassage worked fine. Thanks for the instructions.

     

     

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