Date:         Fri, 7 Dec 2007 21:49:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: fuel injector hoses, replacing
Comments: To: azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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When I replaced mine on my '85, I used a #11 X-Acto to cut the hose from
under the ring.  Once the hose comes off the ring falls free.  I reused
the rings and, on this one, didn't add hose clamps at the ring end.

That was about 4 years ago and there has never been even a hint of a weep.

Mike



azsun99 wrote:
> I know at least one other person on the list is doing or getting ready to do this job.
> On Ben's site he shows the short hose cut off flush with the end of the nipple and
> then using an Exacto knife to cut the hose from the inside. Another person suggested
> using side cutters to cut down through the ring clamp holding the hose to the
> injector. I don't have an Exacto knife and a utility knife just wasn't doing the job.
> Trying to cut that ring with side cutters wasn't working very well either. My solution
> was use of a Dremel tool with the thin cut-off blade. I VERY CAREFULLY cut diagonally
> down through the ring as far as I could. Then I could pry it up out of the way. Then
> used a new single-edge razor blade to cut down from the top, also diagonally and
> carefully, so as not to nick the nipple where the hose attaches. I also did not cut
> off the end of the hose. This gave me something to grab with pliers and twist and pull
> the hose off.
> I didn't cut into anything vital except the top of my thumb.
> Jerry
>