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Re: To add to this....
By:Scott Fitzgerrell
Date: 9/10/2009, 12:42 pm
In Response To: Re: To add to this.... (Robert N Pruden)

: The wrist/neck gaskets are usually installed for the smallest wrist/neck
: sizes. You have to trim them up a little bit at a time until you get the
: size that fits comfortably yet remains water tight. I had to do this for
: my Kokatat dry top. I trimmed the gaskets a wee bit each time until it fit
: just right. Took me two tries to get it. Hope this helps.

: Robert N Pruden

Thanks, Robert. I'll start snipping. Also, I recall a Bill H. (I think) remark about replacing the neck seal with more-comfy neoprene. How hard is that to do? Is it leaky? Anyway, the Bomber suit is a weird contraption. My wife got a good belly laugh watching me struggle with it one day, and now it's back on the shelf, still unworn.

--S

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Roger Van Couwenberghe -- 9/1/2009, 4:19 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/1/2009, 9:04 pm
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etienne Muller -- 9/7/2009, 4:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2009, 12:50 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/9/2009, 6:59 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/9/2009, 8:18 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/9/2009, 8:23 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/10/2009, 12:42 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/10/2009, 6:02 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 9/10/2009, 6:23 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2009, 5:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/2/2009, 5:22 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/2/2009, 5:37 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/3/2009, 10:00 am