On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:20:48 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

Reminds me of my leaky coolant line on the van
transmission. I spliced in some new line, and
then it leaked a couple inches from the splice.
Finally ripped out the entire 30 plus inch length
of rotted line, and be done with it.

Wow. What's the price and labor difference between replacing 30" of
line vs. 6" of line? You saved yourself hundreds of dollars and days
of labor at a minimum.

Tell us about the rest of your survival preparations now.

On 09/13/2013 07:20 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Reminds me of my leaky coolant line on the van
transmission. I spliced in some new line, and
then it leaked a couple inches from the splice.
Finally ripped out the entire 30 plus inch length
of rotted line, and be done with it.

Just be aware that transmission or oil cooler hose is NOT fuel line
despite outward appearance. Had a beat up old Dodge Dart once that ran
like a top but it lost a transmission and caught on fire because a
previous owner spliced the hard line with fuel line... it ran right by
the exhaust manifold/downpipe... whoops...

Also, when doing DIY splices of this nature, when clamping a line to a
hard line that doesn't have a hose barb on it, I put a little "bubble"
on the end with my double flaring tool to hold the line better, also
always use the high pressure "fuel injection" style hose clamps not worm
drive clamps...

nate



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On 9/16/2013 8:57 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:

Just be aware that transmission or oil cooler hose is NOT fuel line
despite outward appearance. Had a beat up old Dodge Dart once that ran
like a top but it lost a transmission and caught on fire because a
previous owner spliced the hard line with fuel line... it ran right by
the exhaust manifold/downpipe... whoops...

Also, when doing DIY splices of this nature, when clamping a line to a
hard line that doesn't have a hose barb on it, I put a little "bubble"
on the end with my double flaring tool to hold the line better, also
always use the high pressure "fuel injection" style hose clamps not worm
drive clamps...

nate