Those little cuffs or collars on the fuel injector hoses are to hold the
hoses on the barbed fittings.

I used a #11 x-acto knife to cut the hoses out from under the collars
and reused them when I put the new hoses on.

On my '84 I put a fuel hose clamp on in addition to the collars but on
my '85 I used the collars only and I've had no weeping in 2 years.

Mike

Edward Maglott wrote:
> I'm working on fuel line replacement with the help of Ben Huot's excellent
> website here:  http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm
>
> At the injectors there are these little metal "cuffs."  What is their
> purpose?  How are the short hoses attached with no clamps on the injector
> end?  It looks like I could get the clamp closer to the injector if I
> remove them.  Should I leave them on?  It looks like Ben left them
> on.  Ben, how did you get your injectors so nice and clean?  On your
> website they look grungy in one photo, then sparkling clean in the
> next.  Or did you replace them, and what we see are the new ones?
>
> Edward
>