hoses!!

[blue*93]

if anyone has hose removal tips for the amateur i would greatly appreciate them. specif. rad. firewall to block. seems to me the only way to get those off is rather simple: cut, remove, replace.drool

cheers

[25Horseplay]

Remove the clamp and use a pair of channel locks to rock the hose back and forth to loosen it. Then pull it off.

[hawkdoc60]

25 horseplay is correct. Be careful when you clamp on the hose so that you do not crush the nipple that it is connected to. Just grab it with the channel locks and twist it on the nipple. You will feel it break loose. When it does, you should be able to pull it off the nipple with little problems.

[lessersivad]

I got a tool from Sears that is suppose to be a cotter pin remover. It's basically a screwdriver handle and the end of the shank has a 90 degree bend and is slightly pointed end.
her's a link:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00994229000P?keyword=cotter+pin+remover&sLevel=0

I just slip it under the end of the hose and work it around until it's broke free then remove the hose. That's on radiator hoses. With heater hoses I use the slit lengthwise and split method. Broke solder joints on a couple of heater cores in my younger days with the "twist and yank" method.

[hawkdoc60]

I got a tool from Sears that is suppose to be a cotter pin remover. It's basically a screwdriver handle and the end of the shank has a 90 degree bend and is slightly pointed end.
her's a link:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00994229000P?keyword=cotter+pin+remover&sLevel=0

I just slip it under the end of the hose and work it around until it's broke free then remove the hose. That's on radiator hoses. With heater hoses I use the slit lengthwise and split method. Broke solder joints on a couple of heater cores in my younger days with the "twist and yank" method.

I was going to bring that up as well. I have a couple of those. Cornwell tools actually sells a set of two with different angles that are marketed as hose removers. I have used them for the harder to reach hoses, but they work great in other applications, too. They do wonders for un sealing induction tubes on Continental aircraft engines.

[blue*93]

sweeehehet. ya i did cut the gas lines cuz they were plenty long and i thought i was gonna brake that copper pipe, but those tools sound like life savers. they should market em as stress relievers for mechanical hobbyists. funny how the littlest things can stump ya. cheers by the way thanks for the quick replies, i'm workin in the dark now and it's really great havin u cats around. i guess i'll hafta take a break and run to canadian tire or somethin... oh darn...

[mattswabb]

If you're replacing the hose then just cut it along the length. If you're saving it stick a screwdriver under it and wiggle it around till it's loose.

[91blufestiva]

Just watch out when you are pulling it off tho, I was pulling a hose off a 1955 Ford Wagon once, and if came off and my hand went flying and I cut my hand on the rusty battery tray.

[sodikartracer]

I was going to bring that up as well. I have a couple of those. Cornwell tools actually sells a set of two with different angles that are marketed as hose removers. I have used them for the harder to reach hoses, but they work great in other applications, too. They do wonders for un sealing induction tubes on Continental aircraft engines.

A cotter key puller belongs in EVERY toolbox, i have two in mine. I can't tell you guys how many times they have come in handy for so many completely different jobs. You will not believe the uses for them until you own one!

[fastivaca]

Hey there blue*93

Is this what you were calling me about earlier?

Cheers