Rebuilt Excal 1000

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

I've been dry docked for a good 1.5 years due to bad shoulders. Ended up needing surgery on both and then physical therapy. Long story short...I'm close to 100% and sooo ready to get wet!
So I go to check on my detectors and both my trusty Excal II 8" and a Blue Excal 1000 I bought as a project were riddled with both coil & headphone cable cracks.
So I managed to salvage what I could from the Excal II and rebuild the Excal 1000.

This is going to be a pic heavy thread so bare with me. First off a pic of what no water hunter wants to see and the start of the rebuild...

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

This is the Excal 1000 I bought off Ebay awhile back. She's in pretty good shape unfortunately the cables were ALL cracking. They didn't arrive that way :mad:

My not maintaining the cables with a little silicone spray while the detector sat...well, my bad!

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

Pulled the motherboard in prep to solder the new coil I purchased from Russia.
VERY happy with the condition the new coil showed up in.

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

The old O-rings needed replacing.

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

Ruslan, thank you sir. Huge difference in how smooth the controls moved after replacing the outer O-rings. A little silicone grease and they gradually set into their tracs.

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

The inner ones looked good which was a relief.

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

A quick Peltor mod on a free pair of Excal Koss headphones I got from my hero OBN through the generosity of Wainani...BTW, thank you Wainani :yes:

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

Now for a test before reinstalling the motherboard and let me tell you, she purrs!

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

Rebuilt Blue Excal 1000 :cool3:

I'm a happy camper.
Time to get wet!!

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

Sorry some of the pics are sideways? If someone could edit them I'd appreciate it. Oh and thank you OBN for your help and your DIY videos.

FelixtheCat · Oct 10, 2019

Nice job and hope to see your yellow posts soon!

OBN · Oct 10, 2019

Very Nice work!! Time to find some Gold!!

GroundSweeper · Oct 10, 2019

Man that’s a beauty! Turned out sweet. Awesome work! Glad your healed up.

Saltshaker · Oct 10, 2019

Well done. I nice older Blue excal with a newer 10" coil is pretty formidable tool out there. Good luck!

Steve · Oct 10, 2019

Looks great. Won't be long before the feeling of seeing yellow in the scoop comes back.

Compass · Oct 10, 2019

Congrats on regaining your health and on the awesome restoration project Aquaman! :yes:

All that lost Hawaiian treasure is probably feeling a bit nervous now.

Aquaman · Oct 10, 2019

Thanks guys, I do appreciate the encouragement. Will be adding a TDI to keep the rebuilt Excal company. Gotta have a PI in the tool box.

dewcon · Oct 11, 2019

One bad thing about the Xcal....... i had a coil go bad from setting....then noticed 3 other.... two NEW ones went bad. They had never been opened. I put some fluid film on my last one for storage OUT of the sunlight and heat..... its a thicker lanolin based product. Id check those OUTTER O rings after a few uses.... sometime they pop out a bit. GREAT JOB........ looks nice.

zeemang · Oct 11, 2019

Nice job on the full tear down!
I´ve got my old excal on ebay right now for sale as parts-repair, a few more days to go...

Azmodeus · Oct 11, 2019

Nice job. Is the over/under any heavier on your shoulder compared to the behind the elbow long shaft? I've always used the long shaft but I do like the look of those over/unders. Just dont want to waste another 100$ to find out I don't like the weight difference, how do you like it?

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