Bummer that......

Gee, I guess Tim and I might not have been making this up after all?

I gotta wonder why it's only at that spot. Maybe it was stored nose down (like the horizontal storage gave my Career a rust line along the bottom of the tube)? I suspect Tim's advice about a light coat of grease has merit. For myself I'm glad I use tank air.

This is, of course, one of the reasons why SCUBA tanks get visuals every year...... A drop or two of water in there and you have rust problems.

Seems to me a speck of that rust could foul the valve big time if it got loose?

Thanks for the 'heads up'.

Doug Owen