[s-cars] Breakdown in Knoxville!

[Douglas Landaeta]

Anyone know a good tow and repair place near Knoxville? Wife just toasted the '05 Pacifica off of 40 heading to NJ.

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On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

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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
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> 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
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>>> 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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