

| Subject: | Re: fuel injector hoses, replacing |
| From: | Chris Lisica |
| Date: | Sun, 9 Dec 2007 07:41:24 -0800 |
Raymond, the company is called Witchhunter Performance, http://www.witchhunter.com/. The guy who runs the company is named Gordon. Check out his website, it tells you what you need to do to send them off. Very trustworthy guy. Since I live in his neck of the woods, I took my injectors to him. He showed me his shop, the machines, explained to me what he does, etc...... He only does injectors (and he does a lot), so I got a sense that he really knows his stuff. Not just some guy w/ a fancy machine. Hope that helps. I'll post before/after pics and flow #'s if I get a chance today. Chris On Dec 9, 2007 6:24 AM, Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette < raymondpaquette@gmail.com> wrote: > Anybody know of a place near Northampton MA to have injectors > tested/cleaned? > Or should I ship them off? Chris, what's the contact info for your place, > since you recommend it so highly? > > Not really in much of a hurry. > > Raymond > > > On 12/8/07, Chris Lisica <wavanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I just did this last week using a carpenters retractable blade. Nothing > > fancy, just requires lots of diagonal cuts starting at the base of fuel > > hose, injector side. Get the tip of the blade in that collar, and dig > > away. > > Use a set of pliers to pull the hose off, it takes a few minutes of > > cutting > > and tugging per injector. After doing it a couple times, you'll figure > > out > > that there is really nothing to mess up except your fingers if you're > > not > > careful! > > > > Then, I took them to witchhunter for the complete cleaning and flow > > testing. > > That guy knows what he is doing and has a nice setup. I would take > > injectors > > to him again. The injectors come back looking like new, and the flow > > numbers > > are very consistent. FWIW. > > > > Chris > > > > On Dec 8, 2007 8:08 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > When I did the job, I did exactly this. Do it outside, cutting the > > clamps > > > with a dremel cutoff wheel produces a spray of sparks, and the > > opportunity > > > to ignite both rubber and gasoline remnant is there. > > > The hose pieces are on the barbs so tight that freeing them from the > > steel > > > clamps doesn't get it. They have to be cut off with a blade fine > > enough to > > > follow the contours of the barbed plastic without harming it. An > > exacto # > > > 11 > > > blade works well. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > On Dec 7, 2007 8:35 PM, azsun99 <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > > I know at least one other person on the list is doing or getting > > ready > > > to > > > > do this job. > > > > On Ben's site he shows the short hose cut off flush with the end of > > the > > > > nipple and > > > > then using an Exacto knife to cut the hose from the inside. Another > > > person > > > > suggested > > > > using side cutters to cut down through the ring clamp holding the > > hose > > > to > > > > the > > > > injector. I don't have an Exacto knife and a utility knife just > > wasn't > > > > doing the job. > > > > Trying to cut that ring with side cutters wasn't working very well > > > either. > > > > My solution > > > > was use of a Dremel tool with the thin cut-off blade. I VERY > > CAREFULLY > > > cut > > > > diagonally > > > > down through the ring as far as I could. Then I could pry it up out > > of > > > the > > > > way. Then > > > > used a new single-edge razor blade to cut down from the top, also > > > > diagonally and > > > > carefully, so as not to nick the nipple where the hose attaches. I > > also > > > > did not cut > > > > off the end of the hose. This gave me something to grab with pliers > > and > > > > twist and pull > > > > the hose off. > > > > I didn't cut into anything vital except the top of my thumb. > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Chris > > 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver) > > 87 Westfalia (in progress) > > http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/ > > > > -- Chris 88 Vanagon GL (daily driver) 87 Westfalia (in progress) http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/
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