FixMyKite self stick valves

Hey all, I've been off the water for a bit. Besides being away and not having the time when I was home, part of my hurdle to hooking up was the valves on my FishCat leaking. My FishCat is 5+ years old and I have used it way more than the recommended 25ish days per year like they recommend. First year I bought it, I fished it over 200 days, so it's been used quite a bit.

I did some research, ordered a few wrong sizes, and eventually found these replacement valves:
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They're a perfect match, and the extra material around it covers all the areas I had problems with on the old valves. Took me just a few minutes to cut them out, clean the bladder up, and stick these on. They costed less than buying all new bladders.
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Big thanks to @SP_Dan for helping me with his leak detection method a few months back. Hope this helps someone else out in the future!

Professional looking DIY repair work on the valves!
Excellent pictures showing your work.

Thank you for sharing this very helpful information with us!

SP Dan

Great repair and thanks for sharing this always great to post this up for those that need help in there own repairs.

The link was awesome for how to replace the entire set up. I had no idea you could replace the whole valve down to the tube.

Thanks for sharing

Welp, one worked and one didn’t. The one that didn’t, the area around where I cut was not flat due to earlier repairs and fold lines that became permanent. Also, I think these valves used Type A Tearaid, and I needed Type B to match my bladders. So I just ponied up to buy new bladders :-/

mac_2_nite wrote:Welp, one worked and one didn’t. The one that didn’t, the area around where I cut was not flat due to earlier repairs and fold lines that became permanent. Also, I think these valves used Type A Tearaid, and I needed Type B to match my bladders. So I just ponied up to buy new bladders :-/

I’m sorry to hear that your repair went South.
Indeed ... it’s time to pony up or should I say ... $ Giddyup! lol

Thank you for your follow-up review on your DIY efforts of repairing your bladder’s Boston valves.

Well that's a bummer.

But, a lesson learned is always good.

Thanks for sharing..