Fuel Hose Pinchers - Opinions?
05-29-2017, 08:53 PM
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And I am sure you also used it to torque your wheel lug nuts also.
That may be true...in regards to using them on a frequent basis ...but I do have well over 50 screwdrivers....and actually some of them are actually large enough to plug off the fuel line(s) in question on this thread.
DUB
That may be true...in regards to using them on a frequent basis ...but I do have well over 50 screwdrivers....and actually some of them are actually large enough to plug off the fuel line(s) in question on this thread.
DUB
That is is an entirely by feel operation!!!!!
And I stopped plugging fuel lines with Phillip screwdrivers, because I sometimes would have to slice the fuel line to get them free if left there too long!
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05-29-2017, 08:59 PM
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05-29-2017, 09:58 PM
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I just feel better knowing it by feel! I bet all of them just basically do the same pound torque for everything (probably higher than necessary)! I have 1/2 studs on everything and higher quality lugs! I prefer to not have a pneumatic gun hammering poundage on my sweet spot threads!
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05-30-2017, 10:17 AM
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05-30-2017, 10:51 AM
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05-30-2017, 11:19 AM
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What you really need to worry about is how you're gonna plug the ends of the metal lines after you remove the rubber hoses. I hold a finger over the end with one hand and have a bunch of vacuum fitting rubber caps close by to grab with the other hand after it pulls the rubber hose off. Then press the appropriate size cap over the end of the steel line.
Reverse the process when installing the new hose
I do lose a few drops in the process, but not much - just gotta be quick!
Reverse the process when installing the new hose
I do lose a few drops in the process, but not much - just gotta be quick!
I am sure we all have stupid garage tricks that we have done that did not work out too well.
I had a about a full tank of gas. This is before I had a lift so I was on my creeper face up to the tank. I thought that I could be quick enough to pull off a line and replace the end with something that I had.
I pulled off the line went to plug it and dropped it. Fuel dumped into both eyes, I couldn't see what I dropped, I am trying to feel on the floor for the dropped piece and couldn't find it. Do to the pain in my eyes I am feeling the floor with bot eyes closed. Then the fuel is poring all over me and the breaking point was the gas in my ears. Any idea how painful gas is in the ears. It hurts worse than the eyes.
I could not take the pain any longer, I let the fuel continue to flow on the garage floor and I ran in the house and rinsed off my head. After maybe 15 minutes the ear pain really started in. I called 911 and asked them what I could do and they said try to flush the ears out. If you cant go to ER.
I had to go to ER. When I go there, there were 8-10 people ahead of me, the ear and eye pain was intense. I thought how can I wait that long. Well the good news is because all of my close smelled so bad, and the entire ER area smelled like gas, they took me in next.
They flushed out my eyes and ears and then I went home and cleaned out the mess I left.
OK, that is my stupid garage trick and I am sticking to it.
05-30-2017, 11:29 AM
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Gotta be quick. Well I guess I am man enough to tell my garage mishap for a stupidity award.
I am sure we all have stupid garage tricks that we have done that did not work out too well.
I had a about a full tank of gas. This is before I had a lift so I was on my creeper face up to the tank. I thought that I could be quick enough to pull off a line and replace the end with something that I had.
I pulled off the line went to plug it and dropped it. Fuel dumped into both eyes, I couldn't see what I dropped, I am trying to feel on the floor for the dropped piece and couldn't find it. Do to the pain in my eyes I am feeling the floor with bot eyes closed. Then the fuel is poring all over me and the breaking point was the gas in my ears. Any idea how painful gas is in the ears. It hurts worse than the eyes.
I could not take the pain any longer, I let the fuel continue to flow on the garage floor and I ran in the house and rinsed off my head. After maybe 15 minutes the ear pain really started in. I called 911 and asked them what I could do and they said try to flush the ears out. If you cant go to ER.
I had to go to ER. When I go there, there were 8-10 people ahead of me, the ear and eye pain was intense. I thought how can I wait that long. Well the good news is because all of my close smelled so bad, and the entire ER area smelled like gas, they took me in next.
They flushed out my eyes and ears and then I went home and cleaned out the mess I left.
OK, that is my stupid garage trick and I am sticking to it.
I am sure we all have stupid garage tricks that we have done that did not work out too well.
I had a about a full tank of gas. This is before I had a lift so I was on my creeper face up to the tank. I thought that I could be quick enough to pull off a line and replace the end with something that I had.
I pulled off the line went to plug it and dropped it. Fuel dumped into both eyes, I couldn't see what I dropped, I am trying to feel on the floor for the dropped piece and couldn't find it. Do to the pain in my eyes I am feeling the floor with bot eyes closed. Then the fuel is poring all over me and the breaking point was the gas in my ears. Any idea how painful gas is in the ears. It hurts worse than the eyes.
I could not take the pain any longer, I let the fuel continue to flow on the garage floor and I ran in the house and rinsed off my head. After maybe 15 minutes the ear pain really started in. I called 911 and asked them what I could do and they said try to flush the ears out. If you cant go to ER.
I had to go to ER. When I go there, there were 8-10 people ahead of me, the ear and eye pain was intense. I thought how can I wait that long. Well the good news is because all of my close smelled so bad, and the entire ER area smelled like gas, they took me in next.
They flushed out my eyes and ears and then I went home and cleaned out the mess I left.
OK, that is my stupid garage trick and I am sticking to it.
05-30-2017, 12:30 PM
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Glad you're okay.
05-30-2017, 12:30 PM
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Gotta be quick. Well I guess I am man enough to tell my garage mishap for a stupidity award.
I am sure we all have stupid garage tricks that we have done that did not work out too well.
I had a about a full tank of gas. This is before I had a lift so I was on my creeper face up to the tank. I thought that I could be quick enough to pull off a line and replace the end with something that I had.
I pulled off the line went to plug it and dropped it. Fuel dumped into both eyes, I couldn't see what I dropped, I am trying to feel on the floor for the dropped piece and couldn't find it. Do to the pain in my eyes I am feeling the floor with bot eyes closed. Then the fuel is poring all over me and the breaking point was the gas in my ears. Any idea how painful gas is in the ears. It hurts worse than the eyes.
I could not take the pain any longer, I let the fuel continue to flow on the garage floor and I ran in the house and rinsed off my head. After maybe 15 minutes the ear pain really started in. I called 911 and asked them what I could do and they said try to flush the ears out. If you cant go to ER.
I had to go to ER. When I go there, there were 8-10 people ahead of me, the ear and eye pain was intense. I thought how can I wait that long. Well the good news is because all of my close smelled so bad, and the entire ER area smelled like gas, they took me in next.
They flushed out my eyes and ears and then I went home and cleaned out the mess I left.
OK, that is my stupid garage trick and I am sticking to it.
I am sure we all have stupid garage tricks that we have done that did not work out too well.
I had a about a full tank of gas. This is before I had a lift so I was on my creeper face up to the tank. I thought that I could be quick enough to pull off a line and replace the end with something that I had.
I pulled off the line went to plug it and dropped it. Fuel dumped into both eyes, I couldn't see what I dropped, I am trying to feel on the floor for the dropped piece and couldn't find it. Do to the pain in my eyes I am feeling the floor with bot eyes closed. Then the fuel is poring all over me and the breaking point was the gas in my ears. Any idea how painful gas is in the ears. It hurts worse than the eyes.
I could not take the pain any longer, I let the fuel continue to flow on the garage floor and I ran in the house and rinsed off my head. After maybe 15 minutes the ear pain really started in. I called 911 and asked them what I could do and they said try to flush the ears out. If you cant go to ER.
I had to go to ER. When I go there, there were 8-10 people ahead of me, the ear and eye pain was intense. I thought how can I wait that long. Well the good news is because all of my close smelled so bad, and the entire ER area smelled like gas, they took me in next.
They flushed out my eyes and ears and then I went home and cleaned out the mess I left.
OK, that is my stupid garage trick and I am sticking to it.
But but but but but you didn't tell us how you stopped the gas flooding onto the creeper and floor after you bailed eyes and ears burning and all? You left us in suspense and were any of the nurses hot?
The slick move would have been to slide it right back on where you pulled it off!
05-30-2017, 06:53 PM
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YES..I have to. Not due to any rule saying I have to..I do it so I know they are right....and on many of the Corvettes I work on that have nice lug nuts..I do not want an impact damaging the chrome and causing it to pop off later. I have got to cover any possibility of someone having a problem that comes back on me I honestly feel the few minutes it takes me to torque the lug nuts is well worth while and it allows me to slow down and make sure I got all of what I did correct when I do my mental checklist...and that is AFTER I did my paper checklist.
I wish I could but I just can't..I have been doing it a specific way for so long it would feel weird.
FOR WHAT THIS IS WORTH:
I kinda thought about it today at work and many of you know this is what I do ...so often times when I am getting into someones fuel system..it has more than likely NOT had any hose replacements...so...actually I will grab a pair of Vise-Grips and clamp of the hose an cut it and put a new one on due to I really DO NOT like to use any of the tools that can clamp off a hose ESPECIALLY if the hose has any age to it.
DUB
I wish I could but I just can't..I have been doing it a specific way for so long it would feel weird.
FOR WHAT THIS IS WORTH:
I kinda thought about it today at work and many of you know this is what I do ...so often times when I am getting into someones fuel system..it has more than likely NOT had any hose replacements...so...actually I will grab a pair of Vise-Grips and clamp of the hose an cut it and put a new one on due to I really DO NOT like to use any of the tools that can clamp off a hose ESPECIALLY if the hose has any age to it.
DUB
05-30-2017, 07:32 PM
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YES..I have to. Not due to any rule saying I have to..I do it so I know they are right....and on many of the Corvettes I work on that have nice lug nuts..I do not want an impact damaging the chrome and causing it to pop off later. I have got to cover any possibility of someone having a problem that comes back on me I honestly feel the few minutes it takes me to torque the lug nuts is well worth while and it allows me to slow down and make sure I got all of what I did correct when I do my mental checklist...and that is AFTER I did my paper checklist.
I wish I could but I just can't..I have been doing it a specific way for so long it would feel weird.
FOR WHAT THIS IS WORTH:
I kinda thought about it today at work and many of you know this is what I do ...so often times when I am getting into someones fuel system..it has more than likely NOT had any hose replacements...so...actually I will grab a pair of Vise-Grips and clamp of the hose an cut it and put a new one on due to I really DO NOT like to use any of the tools that can clamp off a hose ESPECIALLY if the hose has any age to it.
DUB
I wish I could but I just can't..I have been doing it a specific way for so long it would feel weird.
FOR WHAT THIS IS WORTH:
I kinda thought about it today at work and many of you know this is what I do ...so often times when I am getting into someones fuel system..it has more than likely NOT had any hose replacements...so...actually I will grab a pair of Vise-Grips and clamp of the hose an cut it and put a new one on due to I really DO NOT like to use any of the tools that can clamp off a hose ESPECIALLY if the hose has any age to it.
DUB
05-30-2017, 08:36 PM
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05-30-2017, 08:54 PM
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Actually by feel hand torquing, I bet I am within pounds of each other on each lug! I just don't call it precision because I am not using a torque wrench!
05-30-2017, 09:02 PM
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05-30-2017, 09:08 PM
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Wow I walk away for a day to go to work and come home to a thread that I thought was dead... Four pages later and we have drama, insults and other crap. LOL....
It's amazing the threads that go on and on and I ask a real technical question and there are crickets... LOL
It's amazing the threads that go on and on and I ask a real technical question and there are crickets... LOL
05-31-2017, 09:42 AM
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But but but but but you didn't tell us how you stopped the gas flooding onto the creeper and floor after you bailed eyes and ears burning and all? You left us in suspense and were any of the nurses hot?
The slick move would have been to slide it right back on where you pulled it off!
The slick move would have been to slide it right back on where you pulled it off!
Nurses, because of the way I smelled, I ended up with Ms. Bertha Amazoniun Brutus. I am glad I had gas in my eyes.
05-31-2017, 11:19 AM
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