Date:         Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:18:21 -0700
Reply-To:     Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      FOD & crimp fittings
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If you were in the military or around aircraft or just been around, you know FOD=
foreign object damage. Finishing up the overhaul of my cooling system today, I removed
the plastic coolant distribution tower and when I pulled it off of the short large
hose that connects it to the plastic pipe to the radiator, I reached my finger in the
hose, as I always do, to check for debris. I felt something loose and when I pulled it
out, it was the last 1/4" of the plastic pipe. Not the current one, but the previous
one that was replaced some years ago. Been in there all this time, but apparently not
obstructing flow.

I found a way to remove the small crimped on hose clamps, that worked better for me,
since I didn't have any suitable diagonal cutters. Using 3 successively larger drill
bits, just drilled out the little loop at the top of the crimp until it was thin
enough to bend and break.

Jerry