

| Subject: | Re: Hose ID: Crossover tube to expansion tanks? |
| From: | neil n |
| Date: | Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:50:10 -0700 |
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote: > Get some steel clamps for that. �when I did mine some time back, I bought > some of those clamps that you use a plier akin to a diagonal wire cutter. > In fact I used a ceramic tile cutter plier and each clamp is a round ring > but with an "ear" on it you clamp with the pliers. �bought the clamps at > McMaster-Carr for very little. �They are stainless, with rolled edges, and > don't cut into the hose. For sure. I don't have those types of clamps, but got me some more FI hose clamps with rolled edges. Shoulda used them from the get go. What has me bugged now is whether or not the hoses at tank are seeping. I used cable straps there too. <rolls eyes> ;) Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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