[s-cars] hose clamp

[Robert Myers]

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Tom,

My local NAPA didn't have the Breeze CT clamps in stock but they 
ordered some and had them in less than four hours later.  Nice 
clamps.  It looks and feels like I got it on suitably tight but I 
haven't tried climbing on it yet.  Just chicken I guess.

Thanks for the tip.

Bob

At 03:38 PM 8/3/2011, Tom Green wrote:
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>Man, you sure are helpless when left alone.  You better get together
>with some like-minded folks
>at //SFest to help you out.  You sure are getting some crummy advice
>on this list.
>
>For a replacement hose clamp, drop on down to NAPA and ask for their
>Breeze CT clamps.  You
>need the CT350 clamps for the big end but you can probably get the
>CT300 on the small end to
>save a buck.  Sorry, I don't have the NAPA part # handy, but you can
>take it from here.
>
>Then throw away that T-bolt junk.  Make sure to inspect the hose bib
>to make sure you didn't
>damage it by tightening the T-bolt too much.
>
>Tom
>
>On Wednesday August 3, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Robert Myers 
><bob at chips-ur-s.com > wrote
>
>>Climbing onto the boost this morning the car went "BANG!!!" and power
>>disappeared.  Yup, blew off a hose.  :-(
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>So - where do I find a good replacement hose clamp these days?
>>
>>Bob
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