Is there an Ikelite socket that fits a Sea&Sea bulkhead?

I have a Sea&Sea housing for my Nikon D300 with twin sockets (Nikonos style) but they seem to be problematic with my Ikelite to Nikonos cables when connecting my DS125 to the housing. It is not a cable fault, nor is it a bulkhead fault as there are no short circuits.

When I first switch on the flash it sometimes behaves correctly but other times it just flashes repeatedly as though there is a short circuit. If I unscrew the Nikonos plug 1/16 of a turn then it stops, likewise if I change power or switch to

Has anyone experienced this?

What could be the problem?

I do NOT want to buy another cable as I know the cable is OK as I have tested it on another housing.

I would be prepared to buy a Nikonos plug and replace the current one as the connections are held in a rubbery compound which doesnt look like a good design to me.

I cant find a source for new Nikonos plugs. Any EU sources or elsewhere? Url would be good.

This indicates there may be some fault or poor connection in the Nikonos bulkhead socket. However there are no short circuits when I test it with a multimeter.

The easiest solution I can think is to replace one of the Nikonos bulkhead sockets with an Ikelite bulkhead socket but I am not sure if this is possible.

Has anyone done this?

How easy is it?

Make sure one of your pins isn't broken in the socket. Also, you can use either socket in manual mode. Check the other socket to see if it works correctly. If not, there may be something going on with the camera hotshoe.

I have completely retested and found it is the Nikonos plug that is the problem.

I have got another cable and this works.

That said I would like to replace one of the two bulkhead Nikonos sockets with an Ikelite socket.

Has anyone tried this?

Is it possible?

The question is, will ikelite sell the socket, I've found that for some reason there are a lot of parts they will not sell. I have had to machine my own parts sometimes. Jim

Sea & Sea is metric, while Ikelite uses imperial, there are closes dimension wise but diferent enough, both in size and design that they cannot really be interchanged.