Peter; I fought this one just last week for about 45 minutes!! There is not enough room to cut it with a pair of dikes. Then I got out the Dremel tool. It was off in a matter of seconds!!! Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:51:17 -0600 Peter <printstud@T-THREE.COM> writes: >Do any of you syncronauts know how to replace the hose from the >coolant >expansion tank to the coolant overflow tank??? Mine needs to be >replaced. >at one end of the tube there's a simple hose clamp which is easy to >disconnect, but at the other end theres a crimped metal piece that >holds the >hose noto the "nipple" of the plastic tank. I'm afraid I'd damage the >plastic nipple in trying to uncrimp this connection. Any ideas?? >I'm >hoping you dont have to replace the whole tank, just to change the >hose! >Thanks, Peter >- Peter >'87 Syncro 84K >Honda CBR 600 23K >Reply to: printstud@bigfoot.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. |
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