Neal,

You don't need to cut that ring that's around the short hose on fuel
injectors.  In fact, you can reuse them (I do).

I use a #11 X-Acto blade (the pointy one) to slit the hose ... reaching
up under the ring.  The hose will then come off and the ring just falls
free.

Mike

neil wrote:
> IIRC, I used a short piece of hacksaw blade (high tooth count) to cut
> through metal around hose where it goes over the injector. Then used
> knife to cut hose and off it comes. Just make sure you take your time
> and don't damage body of injector. It's not a difficult job.