Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 14:21:28 -0400
Reply-To: Michael <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From: Michael <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Tips and Tricks Request - Change fuel hose from tank to pump
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I use a line clamp or vice grips on rubber hoses. I use a plugged coupling on hard lines. You ca easily make a plug by crimping an old cutoff piece of hard line with the threaded end still on it.
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> On Oct 12, 2013, at 13:50, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> This sounds like something that Felder Enterprises could handle...
>
> Jim
>
>
>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> For a brake line you could push a short piece of hose over the end of the
>> line and then plug the hose or clamp it shut.
>>
>> Larry A.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Don,
>>>
>>> How do you use them to stop brake lines? I find I have to take a dowel and
>>> sharpen it in a pencil sharpener to get a decent fit into a brake line,
>>> and
>>> even then the point is so delicate that it wants to break off, and then I
>>> have to retrieve. A better way of stopping brake fluid leaking from brake
>>> and clutch fittings has been on my mind lately, having encountered a bunch
>>> of it while working on the suspension.
>>>
>>> What do others do?
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I haven't followed the whole thread, but golf tees are handy stoppers
>>> when
>>>> working on fuel hoses. I have a few in all my tool kits and often use
>>>> them to stop gas or brake fluid,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 4:43 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a collection of rubber stoppers "left over" from when I taught
>>>>> chemistry. The smallest: 000 and 00 are often useful for plugging
>>> things
>>>>> like the outlet from a fuel tank temporarily. I believe that these
>>> are
>>>>> available at Lowes and certainly at a good hardware store. A larger
>>> one
>>>>> (#8?) can be used to plug the filler tube grommet on a fuel tank
>>> while it
>>>>> is being raised into position.
>>>>> Hoses can be clamped without much stress by using small needle-nosed
>>>> vise
>>>>> grips with pieces of hose on the jaws.
>>>>>
>>>>> Larry A.
>>>>> did you actually find 11 mm fuel hose at your FLAPS?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 6:54 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Now I have the hose - next question.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How would one go about replacing that hose with fuel in the tank??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can't clamp the hose - it has to come off. Figure there must be a
>>>>>> procedure to get this change done and not make a complete firebomb
>>>>>> waiting to be lit!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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