Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 07:41:24 -0800
Reply-To: Chris Lisica <wavanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Chris Lisica <wavanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: fuel injector hoses, replacing
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Raymond, the company is called Witchhunter Performance,
http://www.witchhunter.com/. The guy who runs the company is named Gordon.
Check out his website, it tells you what you need to do to send them off.
Very trustworthy guy. Since I live in his neck of the woods, I took my
injectors to him. He showed me his shop, the machines, explained to me what
he does, etc...... He only does injectors (and he does a lot), so I got a
sense that he really knows his stuff. Not just some guy w/ a fancy machine.
Hope that helps.
I'll post before/after pics and flow #'s if I get a chance today.
Chris
On Dec 9, 2007 6:24 AM, Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette <
raymondpaquette@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anybody know of a place near Northampton MA to have injectors
> tested/cleaned?
> Or should I ship them off? Chris, what's the contact info for your place,
> since you recommend it so highly?
>
> Not really in much of a hurry.
>
> Raymond
>
>
> On 12/8/07, Chris Lisica <wavanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just did this last week using a carpenters retractable blade. Nothing
> > fancy, just requires lots of diagonal cuts starting at the base of fuel
> > hose, injector side. Get the tip of the blade in that collar, and dig
> > away.
> > Use a set of pliers to pull the hose off, it takes a few minutes of
> > cutting
> > and tugging per injector. After doing it a couple times, you'll figure
> > out
> > that there is really nothing to mess up except your fingers if you're
> > not
> > careful!
> >
> > Then, I took them to witchhunter for the complete cleaning and flow
> > testing.
> > That guy knows what he is doing and has a nice setup. I would take
> > injectors
> > to him again. The injectors come back looking like new, and the flow
> > numbers
> > are very consistent. FWIW.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Dec 8, 2007 8:08 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > When I did the job, I did exactly this. Do it outside, cutting the
> > clamps
> > > with a dremel cutoff wheel produces a spray of sparks, and the
> > opportunity
> > > to ignite both rubber and gasoline remnant is there.
> > > The hose pieces are on the barbs so tight that freeing them from the
> > steel
> > > clamps doesn't get it. They have to be cut off with a blade fine
> > enough to
> > > follow the contours of the barbed plastic without harming it. An
> > exacto #
> > > 11
> > > blade works well.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > On Dec 7, 2007 8:35 PM, azsun99 <azsun99@earthlink.net> 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
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris
> > 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver)
> > 87 Westfalia (in progress)
> > http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/
> >
>
>
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Chris
88 Vanagon GL (daily driver)
87 Westfalia (in progress)
http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/
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