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Date:         Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:16:15 -0800
Reply-To:     Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Hose clamp pliers was: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses?
Comments: cc: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>,
          David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Check out the 'real' ones (not for Harbor Freight aficionados): http://www.samstagsales.com/images/hz798-9.jpg

They are made in several iterations, all the Hazet ones start with 798- - which may do double duty as a price guide :^)

Gary

> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:53:15 -0800 > From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > Subject: Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses? > > cool, > send me a link showing a true spring clamp pliers please. > > I'll check with my FLAPS next time .. > or a snap-on tool truck, etc. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 9:38 PM > Subject: Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses? > > >> At 12:15 AM 2/24/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>>I just don't like things near my face or hands that can jump or >>>spring at me or instantly out of control. >> >> Ok, leaving aside your other points which I'll think about more >> slowly - if you actually use the *proper* tool, i.e. a spring clamp >> pliers designed specifically for band-type clamps, they will never >> jump out of the tool. Using *anything* else, including spring clamp >> pliers designed for the round wire type clamps, is asking to get hurt. >> >> The proper tool (as well as specifying that it's for band-type spring >> clamps) has a deep groove on one (rotating) jaw and a flat cup on the >> other one; and of course a ratchet. The combination gives total >> control of the clamp under all circumstances. And unlike the >> wire-type, it's totally non-fiddly to secure on the clamp. I was >> reminded of this tonight as I reinstalled a dishwasher and had to >> deal with a wire spring clamp on the drain hose with fairly poor >> access. What a stinking nuisance to get everything lined up just so >> and then not let the first end slip out while I captured the other end. >> Faugh! >> >> I would not only not work on either type of spring clamp with the >> wrong tool, I wouldn't stay within thirty feet of someone who was. >> >> Yours, >> David >


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