Mmmmm.... those look like the ticket!  :-)

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Paul Guzyk
Sent: April 2, 2005 8:50 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Where do I get a hose clamp removal tool?

At 1:04 PM -0800 4/2/05, David Marshall wrote:
>Aaarrgh!  I've had it with vice grips!  Does anyone know if there is a tool
>that exists specifically designed to be used with the VW spring loaded hose
>clamps?  If it exists, where do I get it from?

I'm thinking of buying these "cable operated hose clamp pliers" from
Sears....

http://tinyurl.com/3wlcb

Has anyone used them?  What do you think?

I like the idea that you use a cable to grab the clamp and the
squeeze handles are a foot or two away...seems useful in cramped
world of waterboxers and the 150 or so hose clamps the cooling system
uses....

(Sorry David, Sears in the U.S. stocks them, but I doubt Sears Canada
does. --- Last time I was at a Sears in Canada their tool selection
sucked big time, except for their selection of Robertson screwdrivers
which Sears doesn't carry in the U.S.)