[s-cars] RE: How to patch leaky gas line?

[James Murray (LMC)]

Ok, gotcha, sound like I'm going to have to drop the line in order to make this fix... I was hoping there was a trick to fixing it in place, I'm worried the ends (connectors) of the line will be seized in place making the removal a pain, that's why I wanted to just cut the line where it is and slip the hose over it.

Thanks Charlie !

/J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Smith [mailto:charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:00 AM
To: James.Murray at ericsson.ca
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org
Subject: Re: How to patch leaky gas line?


Earlier, "James Murray (LMC)" wrote:
>
> Question for those of you that have done it, how did you cut the
> line in place? obviously I will need to move the rubber mount out
> of the way (hopefully I can just slide it down), but in order to
> put a rubber gas line over the leaky area I will need to cut the
> line in half, how do you do this with the line in place and obtain
> a clean cut? I can snip the line with edge cutter pliers but that
> will bend the pipe inward, I can't use a dremel drill with all that
> gas present otherwise I'm afraid I'll loose my subscription to S-cars
> list pretty darn fast... what's the trick for doing this with the
> line in place?

You can get a tubing cutter gizmo, that would be used before you'd flare
a tubing, like a brake line and such.  It has two rollers that go on the
back side of the tubing, and a cutter wheel that you move into the tubing
with a thumb screw.  Tighten the cutter wheel, and spin the cutter around
the tubing a few times ... presto, a nice clean cut.

    - Charlie