[Rhodes22-list] fuel line assembly

[Chris Cowie]

Jerry
Thanks for the detailed reply.  I will keep this info for future  
reference.

Rick
I will keep eveything in place and perhaps buy a spare fuel line to  
keep on hand just in case.

Thanks

Chris Cowie
Cowie Associates PC


On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:36 PM, "cjlowe at sssnet.com" <cjlowe at sssnet.com>  
wrote:

> Chris,
>
> There are two types of metal clips that I know of used on hoses,one  
> is a
> completely round circle with a point that fits into a V when crimped
> on.the best way to get it off is to use ring expander plyers,lacking  
> that
> tool,gently pry the point up with a small screwdriver,useing the V  
> to back
> up the screwdriver, as the fulcrum point., Once you get enough of the
> point, up use plyers to unwrap the rest of the clamp. The other type  
> of
> clamp has an ear on each side that is crimped to make the circle  
> smaller.
> It takes a good pair of diaganal cutters to cut at the ears. The  
> best way
> to do this job is to cut the hose with a knife,just below the  
> clamp,and
> take it home to work on it. Once the gas dries out of the  
> fitting,you can
> grind the clamp off with a bench grinder or dremel tool or even a hack
> saw. Even if you get the clamp off without cutting the hose,you  
> should cut
> an inch of hose off so the fitting has an uncompressed hose to seat  
> and
> reseal into.
>
> Jerry Lowe
>
>
> > I want to remove my fuel line assembly so it is not exposed to  
> winter
> > conditions however the fuel connectors at each end will not fit  
> through
> > the
> > rubber thru hull fitting.  looks like I simply need to remove the  
> fuel
> > connector from the end of the hose.  Is there any trick to how to  
> remove
> > the
> > little metal clip  that holds the fuel connector to the hose?  It  
> is not a
> > screw type clamp.
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