[s-cars] S-CAR-List Digest, Vol 94, Issue 4

[Manuel Sanchez]

Bob,

http://www.mcmaster.com/#t-bolt-hose-clamps/=dgpmha

Regards,

Manny
95.5 urS6 Avant





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> Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:13:19 -0400
> From: Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com>
> To: "s-CAR list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] hose clamp
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> Hi Y'all,
>
> Climbing onto the boost this morning the car went "BANG!!!" and power
> disappeared.  Yup, blew off a hose.  :-(
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> I spent the next half hour jacking up the front of the urS6 so I
> could get under it at the side of the road (well, actually I managed
> to limp into a bank parking lot) and pulling the belly pan.
>
> Yup - sure enough, the turbo ---> crossover hose was off the
> crossover pipe.  Simple repair except for one small problem - there
> was no way to loosen the clamp so I could put it back on over the
> Samco hose/crossover junction.  I did, however, manage to screw up
> the old T clamp enough to make it unusable even if I could have
> opened it up.  I need a replacement T clamp.
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> IIRC, I got the one I just screwed up from ECSTuning but I don't find
> a suitable replacement part in their on-line catalog.
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> So - where do I find a good replacement hose clamp these days?
>
> Bob