Date:         Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:46:05 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Coercing the radiator hose off
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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Yes, I agree with you there, but also the rubber 'welds' itself on too.
  You still need to try to loosen or rotate it on the outlet fitting to be
sure it's free to move off.

Mike B.

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From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:28 PM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coercing the radiator hose off

>  You should try to find something flat that will allow you to push on the
> "edge" of the hose end.  I use a carpenter's pry bar, also called a "flat
> bar".  When you get something on there and push, it should come right off.
> I think what happens is a sort of "Chinese finger puzzle" when you try to
> pull off that hose. It is a bit soft and stretchy.  So you pull hard and
> it
> elongates a little and also gets skinnier and tighter on the radiator
> outlet..
> Don Hanson
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:02 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Just to expand upon the idea, Z is on the right track but I find
>> squirting
>> some rubber lube (armor all, vinylex, etc..) on the hose end while
>> lifting
>> with your right angle tool will get a nice layer of lube in the junction
>> and
>> the hose will come right off.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Zoltan
>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:58 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Coercing the radiator hose off
>>
>> Simple.  Get a tool that can slide between the hose and the pipe and move
>> it
>> around to free it, then it will come off.  The tool is available at
>> Harbor
>> Freight, it's call radiator hose removing tool.  But I have made one
>> myself
>> by bending an old screw driver to an L shape, after I have sharpened the
>> end
>> of it.
>> Zoltan
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "B Feddish" <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:47 PM
>> Subject: Coercing the radiator hose off
>>
>>
>> > The vertical radiator hose came off easy. I can't say the same for
>> > rusty
>> > clamp.  I cannot get the horizontal hose to budge at all.  What is the
>> > secret of getting this hose off without tearing it which I feel I'm
>> > going
>> > to
>> > do with any more force?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bryan
>>