so much for the replacement hose

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Sat May 18 09:18:30 EDT 2002


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At 12:08 AM 05/18/2002 -0400, Brett Dikeman wrote:

>...because it's leaking.
>
>I'm madder than hell about it...two trips to Worcester, 2-3 days
>without the car, and looks like I get to repeat the fun all over
>again...plus in 7 hours I need to get on the road for a 2 hour drive
>for the local region board meeting.
>
>So much for the "2800psi rating" the guy bragged about.  "Oh, that's
>way strong enough, we used some real tough stuff."
>
>Thanks to the foam tube covering the whole thing, I can't tell where
>the leak is..maybe it's around a fitting, but I have no tools
>designed for opening up those kind of fittings and such.  Just
>wonderful.

Always seems to happen on the weekend, doesn't it.

Considering how often "local" rebuilds of these hoses fail and how
difficult it is to install them, my approach would be OEM.
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