Malkoff VME gasket question ** Resolved

skillet

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I recently noticed my daily neck carry - a M31LL219, Aleph body and tail - was missing the gasket beneath the lens and the drop in. I had two extra set of gaskets and lenses but the gaskets in the two sets I have are so thick the lens does not sit deep enough to let the bezel of the VME to screw all the way down.

Anyone else seen this in the gaskets or the depth of the shoulder?

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So, it dawned on me I had another drop in, M31L. My issue is a drop in anomaly. The distance from the lip to the reflector is deeper on the M31L than the M31LL219 (it has TBS #1) engraved under that : if someone could tell me what that means:

The gasket and lens are the same in both, I did confirm that. Swapped them around and confirmed the location is more shallow on the M31LL219
 
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jellydonut

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I have noticed the same thing. My VME head only required one gasket for the old modules, just like the MD2 head, but with a newer M31 it requires two gaskets. Thankfully I found one that fits okay.
 
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