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Date:         Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:57:06 -0700
Reply-To:     John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: hose clamp reuse?
In-Reply-To:  <44354055.1040707@verizon.net>
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> If they look good, reuse them. As long as you haven't taken a torch to > them they shouldn't have lost any of their springiness.

Agreed. When I redid all my hoses, about half of the originally spring-clamped hoses had been replaced by the PO's with nasty hose-cutter wormy screw clamps so I had to order a whole mess of new ones. I was not able to discerne any qualitative difference between the 15 year old factory originals and the brand new ones. Given their construction, I think the spring clamps woud probably outlive just about every other part on the vehicle.

I have one of the craftsman spring clamp pliers that is cable operated. > It sure does make getting into "impossible" areas go smoothly.

Agreed here as well! If you have more than a couple clamps to mess with, get one of these cable operated spring clamp pliers. You will not be sorry. If you stick with vise-grips and channel lock pliers, you will curse the day you were born. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"


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